梭哈

suōhā
noun #67,379

Meanings

  1. 1 five-card stud poker
  2. 2 to go all in (figurative)

Examples

Tāmen zài wán suōhā.
They're playing stud poker.
Zhè yì bǎ wǒ suōhā le!
I'm going all in this round!
Tóuzī bié suōhā, yào fēnsàn fēngxiǎn.
Don't go all-in when investing — spread your risk.

Tips

history
CC-CEDICT notes the origin — 梭哈 is a phonetic loan from English 'show hand', the signal in five-card stud that you're revealing everything. Arrived via Hong Kong gambling films in the 70s-80s (周润发's 1987 film《》 mainstreamed the term). Now also figurative: 'to YOLO all your resources into one bet'.
culture
Modern internet revival in crypto / stock / startup circles: 梭哈 = go all-in on a single position. 'A梭哈' (all-in on Chinese stocks) is a common 财经 social-media meme.

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