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股票 (gǔ piào) — stock, share certificate

Definition

股票 is the certificate itself — the individual share you own. 股市 is the market where they trade; 股份 emphasizes ownership stake (e.g. a company's percentage).

noun
stockshare certificate
Measure word · 只
Easily confused

Examples

  • 股票？
    Nǐ mǎi gǔ piào le ma?
    Did you buy stocks?
  • 股票。
    Wǒ péng you de gǔ piào zhǎng le hěn duō.
    My friend's stock has gone up a lot.
  • 股票。
    gǔ piào De jià gé měi tiān dōu yǒu biàn huà.
    The price of stocks changes every day.

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gǔshare
票piàocertificate

股 refers to a share and 票 to a certificate, so 股票 means a certificate for shares.

Characters in this word

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.

Open 股 →

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

  • 火火huǒfire
  • 𢍱𢍱𢍱to rise high

票 combines 火 (fire) and 𢍱 (to rise high), originally representing sparks rising up.

Open 票 →
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