炒股

chǎogǔ
(coll.) to speculate in stocks

CEDICT

colloquial

Entry Composition

1 炒 chǎo
  1. to sauté; to stir-fry
  2. to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp
  3. to hype up
  4. to sack; to fire (sb)
2 股 gǔ
  1. thigh
  2. part of a whole; portion of a sum
  3. (finance) stock; share
  4. strand of a thread
  5. low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科 kē
  6. classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc
  7. classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff
  8. classifier for bands of people, gangs etc
  9. classifier for sudden forceful actions