股 gǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
股票
gǔpiào
stock, share
Characters in this word
票 piào
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 示 — altar
- Made of
- 覀 west, western, westward 示 altar
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他购买股票之前，会先研究公司的财务状况和长期战略。 Tā gòumǎi gǔpiào zhīqián, huì xiān yánjiū gōngsī de cáiwù zhuàngkuàng hé chángqī zhànlüè. Before buying shares, he first studies the company's financial situation and long-term strategy.
- 爷爷每天看报纸上的股票行情。 Yéye měitiān kàn bàozhǐ shang de gǔpiào hángqíng. Grandpa reads the share prices in the newspaper every day.
- 她拿一部分积蓄买了股票。 Tā ná yí bùfen jīxù mǎi le gǔpiào. She used part of her savings to buy shares.
Related words
- 炒股 chǎogǔ to speculate in stocks
- 股市 gǔshì stock market
- 股 gǔ classifier for currents, smells, forces, etc.
- 股东 gǔdōng shareholder
- 股份 gǔfèn shares; equity stake
- 股民 gǔmín individual stock investor; shareholder in the stock market
- 屁股 pìgu buttocks; backside
- 车票 chēpiào ticket (bus or train)
- 机票 jīpiào plane ticket
- 门票 ménpiào admission ticket
- 票 piào ticket
- 票价 piàojià ticket price