Chinese word

分红

Pronunciation

Pinyinfēn hóng

Meaning

  • noundividend

Example

我收到了公司的分红通知。wǒ shōu dào le gōng sī de fēn hóng tōng zhī

I received a notice about the company's dividend.

Illustration for 分红 (dividend)

More examples

董事会决定以现金形式向股东派发分红。dǒng shì huì jué dìng yǐ xiàn jīn xíng shì xiàng gǔ dōng pài fā fēn hóng

The board decided to pay dividends to shareholders in cash.

Core concept

A company sets aside distributable profit and assigns each shareholder a share based on ownership or company policy.

Common phrases

  • 现金分红xiàn jīn fēn hóng

    cash dividend

  • 年度分红nián dù fēn hóng

    annual dividend

  • 派发分红pài fā fēn hóng

    pay dividends

Similar words

红利hóng lì: A portion of business profit shared with investors or shareholders.
股息gǔ xī: Money paid to shareholders because they own shares, normally in cash.
股利gǔ lì: A company's profit distributed among its shareholders as a payment.

Definition in Chinese

按出资比例或公司决定，从公司可分配利润中提取并按份分给股东的资金或权益，属于利润分配的一种。àn chū zī bǐ lì huò gōng sī jué dìng cóng gōng sī kě fēn pèi lì rùn zhōng tí qǔ bìng àn fèn fēn gěi gǔ dōng de zī jīn huò quán yì shǔ yú lì rùn fēn pèi de yì zhǒng

Word origin

分红 (fēnhóng, "dividend") joins 分 (fēn, "divide") with 红 (hóng, "profit distribution"), where 红 is a shortened reference to 红利 (hónglì, "dividend").

Usage tips

  • In everyday business talk, the word can refer both to the distribution decision and to the amount that a shareholder receives.

Other meanings

  • profit sharingnoun

Opposites

  • 留存收益liú cún shōu yìretained earningsnoun
  • 股份回购gǔ fèn huí gòushare buybacknoun

Related words

  • 分红政策fēn hóng zhèng cèdividend policynoun
  • 分红率fēn hóng lǜdividend ratenoun
  • 分红方案fēn hóng fāng àndividend plannoun

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