空头 (kōng tóu) — (finance) bear market position, short-seller; nominal, phony, empty

Definición

空头 (kōng tóu) has two unrelated senses: in finance it means a 'short-seller' (one who bets prices will fall), and as a general adjective it means 'nominal, in name only' — a title or position with no real power (e.g. 空头领导).

noun
(finance) bear market positionshort-sellernominalphonyempty

Ejemplos

  • 空头
    Zhè cì gǔ shì dà diē, kōng tóu zhuàn le hěn duō qián.
    During this stock market crash, the short-sellers made a lot of money.
  • 空头
    Tā zhǐ shì yí gè kōng tóu lǐng dǎo, méi yǒu rèn hé shí quán.
    He's just a nominal leader without any real power.
  • Bú yào xiāng xìn tā de kōng tóu zhī piào, tā gēn běn hái bù qǐ.
    Don't believe his phony check — there's no way he can pay it back.

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