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Chinese word
股民
Pronunciation
Pinyingǔ mín
Meaning
- nounindividual stock investor
Example
股民在论坛上聊股市消息。gǔ mín zài lùn tán shàng liáo gǔ shì xiāo xī
Individual stock investors discuss stock market news on the forum.
More examples
由于利空消息，股民大量抛售，股价下跌。yóu yú lì kōng xiāo xī gǔ mín dà liàng pāo shòu gǔ jià xià diē
Due to bad news, individual stock investors sold heavily, and stock prices fell.
Core concept
A member of the investing public who personally follows, holds, or trades shares rather than representing a fund or company.
Common phrases
股民权益gǔ mín quán yì
individual shareholder rights
股民情绪gǔ mín qíng xù
individual investor sentiment
广大股民guǎng dà gǔ mín
individual investors at large
Similar words
散户sǎn hù: An individual retail investor who trades shares with a relatively small amount of money.
个人投资者gè rén tóu zī zhě: An individual who invests personal money in shares, bonds, or other assets.
股东gǔ dōng: A person who owns company shares and has rights such as receiving dividends and voting.
Definition in Chinese
指在证券市场以个人身份买卖股票、关注股市信息的普通投资者。zhǐ zài zhèng quàn shì chǎng yǐ gè rén shēn fèn mǎi mài gǔ piào guān zhù gǔ shì xìn xī de pǔ tōng tóu zī zhě
Word origin
The compound 股 (gǔ, "stock or share") + 民 (mín, "ordinary people") presents stock-market participants as ordinary members of the public rather than institutions.
Usage tips
- Chinese nouns do not show singular or plural, so this noun can describe one person or a group; context supplies the number.
Other meanings
- shareholdernoun
Opposites
- 机构投资者jī gòu tóu zī zhěinstitutional investornoun
- 大股东dà gǔ dōngmajor shareholdernoun
Related words
- 股民权益gǔ mín quán yìindividual shareholder rightsnoun
- 股民情绪gǔ mín qíng xùindividual investor sentimentnoun
- 股民结构gǔ mín jié gòuinvestor compositionnoun