每股 (měi gǔ) — per share; each share

Definition

pronoun
per shareeach share

Examples

  • 每股。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī de yíng lì shì měi gǔ shí yuán.
    This company's earnings are ten yuan per share.
  • 每股。
    měi gǔ De jià gé shàng zhǎng le hěn duō.
    The price per share has risen a lot.
  • 每股。
    Tā mǎi le měi gǔ yì bǎi yuán de gǔ piào.
    He bought stocks at one hundred yuan per share.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

每měieach
股gǔshare

"每" each and "股" share combine to mean each share or per share.

Characters in this word

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

每 shows 母, a woman, with a top part resembling 屮. That part may represent a hairpin marking her as grown up, or a sprout marking her as ready to marry and have children.

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

In 股, the left 肉 marks the body. The right side, now written 殳, comes from 夃, an old form for thigh, and gives the sound.

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