Meaning of 炒股
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- (coll.) to speculate in stocks
How to use 炒股
炒股 is a casual, everyday verb for trading stocks, often with a sense of short-term buying and selling rather than long-term investing. It works as a verb-object phrase, so you can split it, as in 炒了几年股. Example: 我爸爸退休以后开始炒股。(Wǒ bàba tuìxiū yǐhòu kāishǐ chǎogǔ.) After retiring, my dad started trading stocks.
炒 (chǎo) means to stir-fry, and 股 (gǔ) means a share or stock. Picture someone tossing stocks in a hot wok, flipping them quickly for profit, and you have 炒股.
Common mistake: Learners often write 吵 (chǎo, to argue) instead of 炒. The fire radical 火 in 炒 is the clue, because stir-frying needs heat. Also, 股 is third tone (gǔ), not fourth tone like 故 (gù).
炒股 in example sentences
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炒 chǎo · to sauté · 8 strokes
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股 gǔ · thigh · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 炒股.
| 股票 | gǔpiào | share certificate; stock (finance) |
| 股东 | gǔdōng | shareholder; stockholder |
| 炒作 | chǎozuò | to hype; to promote (in the media) |
| 股份 | gǔfèn | a share (in a company); stock |
| 股市 | gǔshì | stock market |
| 股民 | gǔmín | stock investor; share trader |
| 屁股 | pìgu | buttocks; bottom |
| 炒鱿鱼 | chǎoyóuyú | (coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb |
| 擦屁股 | cāpìgu | to wipe one’s ass; (fig.) (coll.) to clean up sb else's mess |
| 股价 | gǔjià | stock price; share price |
| 炒蛋 | chǎodàn | scrambled eggs |
| 炒饭 | chǎofàn | fried rice; (Tw) (slang) to have sex |
Questions about 炒股
What does 炒股 mean?
炒股 (chǎogǔ) means "(coll.) to speculate in stocks".
How do you write 炒股?
炒股 is made of 2 characters: 炒 (8 strokes), 股 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 炒股 an HSK word?
Yes. 炒股 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
Is 炒股 a negative word?
Not really. It is informal and neutral in daily talk, and millions of people say 我在炒股 casually. It can hint at speculation, so in formal writing people often prefer 投资股票 (tóuzī gǔpiào, to invest in stocks).
Can 炒 be used with other things besides stocks?
Yes. 炒 often means to speculate on or hype something, as in 炒房 (chǎofáng, to speculate in real estate) and 炒作 (chǎozuò, to hype in the media). Someone who trades stocks is called a 股民 (gǔmín).