炒短线

炒短線
chǎoduǎnxiàn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to day-trade
  2. 2 to speculate on short-term stock movements

Examples

Tā tiāntiān chǎoduǎnxiàn, yālì fēicháng dà.
He day-trades every day and is under huge stress.
Xīnshǒu zuì hǎo bié chǎoduǎnxiàn, róngyì kuī qián.
Beginners shouldn't day-trade — it's easy to lose money.

Tips

usage
here means 'to speculate' (same as in 炒房 speculating on real estate). 短线 is the opposite of 长线 (long-term holding). Together the phrase is standard in Chinese stock-market talk for quick in-and-out trading.

Stroke Order

chǎo
duǎn
线 xiàn