空头 (kōng tóu) — (finance) bear market position, short-seller; nominal, phony, empty
Definition
空头 (kōng tóu) has two unrelated senses: in finance it means a 'short-seller' (one who bets prices will fall), and as a general adjective it means 'nominal, in name only' — a title or position with no real power (e.g. 空头领导).
noun
(finance) bear market positionshort-sellernominalphonyempty
Examples
- ，空头。Zhè cì gǔ shì dà diē, kōng tóu zhuàn le hěn duō qián.During this stock market crash, the short-sellers made a lot of money.
- 空头，。Tā zhǐ shì yí gè kōng tóu lǐng dǎo, méi yǒu rèn hé shí quán.He's just a nominal leader without any real power.
- ，。Bú yào xiāng xìn tā de kōng tóu zhī piào, tā gēn běn hái bù qǐ.Don't believe his phony check — there's no way he can pay it back.
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