股价 (gǔ jià) — stock price | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

stock price

Examples

股价。
Jīn tiān de gǔ jià bǐ zuó tiān gāo le hěn duō.
Today's stock price is much higher than yesterday's.
，股价。
Zuì jìn jǐ gè yuè, zhè jiā gōng sī de gǔ jià yì zhí zài shàng zhǎng.
In recent months, this company's stock price has been rising.
股价。
Hěn duō tóu zī zhě dōu zài guān zhù zhè zhī gǔ piào de gǔ jià.
Many investors are paying attention to this stock's price.

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.

The price of stocks: 股 refers to shares and 价 to price.

Characters in this word

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

肉肉ròubody
夃夃gǔthigh

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.

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

人介价

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

介

介jiè价jiè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

Appears in

Finance & Banking

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.