开盘 (kāi pán) — opening quotation (on the stock exchange); (colloquial) start of a performance (e.g., a play)

Definition

In HSK 7 finance context, 开盘 (kāi pán) is the stock market's 'opening quotation / open' — the price set when trading begins. Colloquially it can also mean the start of a performance.

noun
opening quotation (on the stock exchange)(colloquial) start of a performance (e.g., a play)

Examples

  • 开盘。
    Jīn tiān de kāi pán bǐ zuó tiān gāo.
    Today's opening quotation is higher than yesterday's.
  • 开盘。
    Huà jù de kāi pán hěn jīng cǎi.
    The opening of the play was wonderful.
  • 开盘。
    Tóu zī zhě dōu zài guān zhù míng tiān de kāi pán.
    Investors are all paying attention to tomorrow's opening quotation.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

开kāiopen
盘pántrading board

开 means open and 盘 refers to the trading board, so the first quotation comes from opening the board.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 開; 开 is its simplified writing.

  • 門門méndoor
  • 一一yīlatch and/or wooden pole that shuts a door
  • 廾廾gǒnga pair of hands

The traditional form 開 shows 廾, a pair of hands, and 一, a latch or pole, inside 門, a door: hands opening a latched door. The simplified 开 is a shorthand form, so its parts are not the original pieces.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 盤; 盘 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
皿皿mǐn
Sound part声符shēngfú
般
般bān盤pán
Same sound today

The traditional form 盤 pairs 般, which gives the sound, with 皿, a vessel. This note is about 盤, not the simplified 盘.

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