股息 (gǔ xī) — (stock) dividend; dividend income

Definition

noun

(stock) dividenddividend income

股息。
Zhè jiā gōng sī měi nián dōu fā fàng gāo é gǔ xī.
This company pays a high dividend every year.
股息。
Tóu zī zhě kě yǐ xuǎn zé jiāng gǔ xī zài tóu zī.
Investors can choose to reinvest the dividends.
股息。
Gòu mǎi yín háng gǔ tōng cháng néng huò dé wěn dìng gǔ xī.
Buying bank stocks usually yields stable dividends.

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.

息xīinterest

股 names a share and 息 names interest or income; the word denotes the dividend paid on 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.

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

自心息

In 息, 自 is nose and 心 is heart, showing breath or life passing through one's nose.