股票 (gǔpiào)

股票 refers to a share or stock, a financial instrument representing partial ownership in a company. When someone buys 股票, they become a shareholder entitled to dividends and capital gains. It is the standard term in Chinese finance and investment discourse.

Meanings

[noun] stock; share; equity security

Example Sentences

他把大部分积蓄投入股票市场，希望通过投资实现财务自由。 Tā bǎ dàbùfèn jīxù tóurù gǔpiào shìchǎng, xīwàng tōngguò tóuzī shíxiàn cáiwù zìyóu. He put most of his savings into the stock market, hoping to achieve financial freedom through investment.

该公司股票在上交所上市后，首日涨幅超过百分之二十。 Gāi gōngsī gǔpiào zài Shàng Jiāo Suǒ shàngshì hòu, shǒurì zhǎngfú chāoguò bǎifēnzhī èrshí. After this company's shares were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, they rose by more than twenty per cent on the first day.

买股票有风险，投资者应充分了解市场规律再做决定。 Mǎi gǔpiào yǒu fēngxiǎn, tóuzī zhě yīng chōngfèn liǎojiě shìchǎng guīlǜ zài zuò juédìng. Buying stocks carries risk, and investors should fully understand market dynamics before making decisions.

受宏观经济数据不佳的影响，股票市场整体出现大幅下跌。 Shòu hóngguān jīngjì shùjù bù jiā de yǐngxiǎng, gǔpiào shìchǎng zhěngtǐ chūxiàn dàfú xiàdiē. Affected by poor macroeconomic data, the stock market as a whole saw a sharp decline.

她通过长期持有优质公司的股票，积累了可观的财富。 Tā tōngguò cháng qī chíyǒu yōuzhì gōngsī de gǔpiào, jīlěile kěguān de cáifù. By holding shares in high-quality companies over the long term, she accumulated considerable wealth.

政府出台政策支持科技企业上市，推动更多优质股票进入资本市场。 Zhèngfǔ chūtái zhèngcè zhīchí kējì qǐyè shàngshì, tuīdòng gèng duō yōuzhì gǔpiào jìnrù zīběn shìchǎng. The government has introduced policies to support technology companies in listing, driving more quality stocks into the capital market.

Collocations

Collocation	Meaning
股票市场	stock market
买卖股票	to buy and sell stocks
股票上市	to list shares (on a stock exchange)
股票涨跌	rise and fall of stock prices
持有股票	to hold shares
股票价格	stock price

Usage Notes

股票 specifically refers to the financial instrument (the share certificate or share itself), whereas 股市 (short for 股票市场) refers to the stock market as a whole. In everyday speech people often say 炒股 (stir-fry stocks -- the colloquial term for actively trading/speculating in stocks).

Note that 股票 (stock/share) differs from 股份 (share/equity -- more about the percentage stake) and 股东 (shareholder -- the person who holds shares). All three are related but refer to different aspects of corporate ownership.

Memory Hook

股 (share/stake) + 票 (ticket/certificate) -- the certificate (ticket) representing your stake: a share certificate.