居奇

jūqí
  1. to hoard
  2. to speculate
  3. profiteering

CEDICT

to hoard; to profiteer

Wiktionary

商人為圖厚利，故意囤積貨物，等價錢抬高時再賣。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 居 jū
  1. to reside
  2. to be (in a certain position)
  3. to store up
  4. to be at a standstill
  5. residence
  6. house
  7. restaurant
  8. classifier for bedrooms
2 奇 qí
  1. strange
  2. odd
  3. weird
  4. wonderful
  5. surprisingly
  6. unusually

Containing this entry

囤積居奇 túnjījūqí
  1. to hoard and profiteer
  2. to speculate

Related entries

攢 zǎn
  1. to collect
  2. to hoard
  3. to accumulate
  4. to save
我工作是为了攒大学学费。

I am working to save for my college tuition.

Source: Tatoeba

貯藏 zhùcáng
  1. to store up
  2. to hoard
  3. deposits
囤積 túnjī
  1. to stock up
  2. to lay in supplies
  3. to hoard (for speculation)
  4. to corner the market in sth
戢 jí
  1. to restrain oneself
  2. to collect
  3. to hoard
  4. to store up
  5. to cease
忖度 cǔnduó
  1. to speculate
  2. to surmise
  3. to wonder whether
  4. to guess
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