市值 (shì zhí) — market capitalization, market value | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

市值 is the total market value of a company, calculated from share price × shares outstanding. 身价 is for a person's worth or social standing, not a company's valuation; 股市 is the stock market itself.

noun

market capitalizationmarket value

Examples

市值。
Zhè jiā gōng sī de shì zhí yǐ jīng tū pò wàn yì.
This company's market capitalization has already exceeded one trillion.
市值。
Tóu zī zhě hěn guān zhù gǔ piào de shì zhí biàn huà.
Investors pay close attention to changes in stock market value.
市值。
Kē jì háng yè de shì zhí jìn nián lái zēng zhǎng xùn sù.
The market capitalization of the tech industry has grown rapidly in recent years.

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.

市 (market) and 值 (value) combine to mean the value in the market.

Characters in this word

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.

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

亻直值

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

直

直zhí值zhí

Same sound today

值 is made from 亻 (written in full as 人, a person) and 直, with 直 giving the sound.

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