caau2 gu2 piu3炒股票
Jyutpingcaau2 gu2 piu3
Yalecháau gú piu
Definition
To speculate in stocks and shares.
colloquialmoneydaily actions
How it's used
The verb 炒 is used metaphorically to describe any form of speculative trading or flipping for profit. It implies a sense of quick, active buying and selling rather than long term investment. You will often hear it applied to other assets like 炒樓 or 炒鞋.
Examples
He is always speculating in stocks and has lost a lot of money.
Have you been trading stocks lately?
Related words
Common phrases
to lose money from stock speculation
to make money from stock speculation
Common mistake
Do not use 炒股票 to describe a professional stockbroker or a formal financial career, as it carries a casual, gambler-like connotation. It focuses on the act of speculation rather than the profession of finance.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
