炒房

chǎofáng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to speculate in real estate
  2. 2 to flip property for profit

Examples

HSK 6
Tā kào chǎofáng zhuàn le bùshǎo qián.
He made quite a lot of money by speculating in real estate.
HSK 6
Zhèngfǔ chūtái xīn zhèngcè dǎjī chǎofáng.
The government has rolled out new policies to crack down on property speculation.

Tips

usage
The 'stir-fry' metaphor is alive in finance Chinese: 炒股 = speculate in stocks, 炒房 = flip houses, 炒币 = trade crypto. The speculator is a 炒房客 or 炒房团 (organized buying group, often associated with Wenzhou investors).

Stroke Order

chǎo
fáng