股市 (gǔ shì) — stock market | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

股市 is the stock market as a system or place where trading happens — not individual shares (that's 股票) and not a company's market value (市值).

noun

stock market

Examples

股市。
Zuì jìn gǔ shì de zhǐ shù chí xù shàng zhǎng.
Recently the stock market index has been rising continuously.
股市。
Tā zài gǔ shì zhōng zhuàn le bù shǎo qián.
He made quite a bit of money in the stock market.
股市。
Liǎo jiě gǔ shì xíng shì xū yào zhuān yè zhī shi.
Understanding the stock market situation requires professional knowledge.

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.

股 refers to shares and 市 to a market, so 股市 is the market for stocks.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

兮兮xībustling

Sound part声符shēngfú

之

之zhī市shì

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The old form 市 pairs 兮, meaning bustling, with 之, the sound part.

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HSK 3.0 Level 6 Finance & Banking

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