行情 (háng qíng) — market conditions; market price; market trend | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

行情 (hángqíng) refers to the current state of a market — prices, trends, supply and demand — most often for stocks, commodities, or real estate. A near-synonym is 形势 (general situation), but 行情 is specifically about markets.

noun

market conditionsmarket pricemarket trend

Examples

行情。
Zuì jìn gǔ shì háng qíng bō dòng hěn dà.
The stock market has been very volatile recently.
行情。
Tā měi tiān dōu yào chá kàn shí yóu háng qíng.
He checks the oil market prices every day.
行情。
Fáng dì chǎn háng qíng zhí jiē yǐng xiǎng fáng jià.
Real estate market conditions directly affect housing prices.

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.

情qíngcondition

行 names the market and 情 the condition, giving current prices and trends.

Characters in this word

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

彳亍行

彳彳chì
亍亍chù

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

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

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

青

青qīng情qíng

Same sound today

情 shows 心 (heart) beside 青, which gives the sound. The heart part points to feelings and inner states.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9 Economy & Trade

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