开盘

開盤

kāipán

verb #46,401

Meanings

1 to open (stock market trading)
2 opening of the trading session
3 to launch sales of a real-estate project

Characters

plate; (trading) session

Examples

A股今天低开,上证指数开盘下跌0.3%。

A gǔ jīntiān dī kāi, Shàngzhèng Zhǐshù kāipán xiàdié líng diǎn sān.

A-shares opened lower today; the Shanghai Composite opened down 0.3%.

这个楼盘下周末就要开盘了。

Zhège lóupán xiàzhōumò jiù yào kāipán le.

This housing development is going on sale next weekend.

Tips

usage

Two senses to remember: (1) market opens — paired with 收盘 (close); (2) a new property development goes on sale. 盘 here means 'trading session / round of sales', the same 盘 as in 棋盘 (chessboard).

Stroke Order

开 kāi

盘 pán