牛市

niúshì

noun #53,693

Meanings

1 bull market

Characters

Examples

现在是牛市,大家都在买股票。

Xiànzài shì niúshì, dàjiā dōu zài mǎi gǔpiào.

It's a bull market now and everyone is buying stocks.

上一轮牛市持续了两年。

Shàng yī lún niúshì chíxù le liǎng nián.

The last bull market lasted two years.

Tips

memory

Direct calque of English 'bull market'. Traditional explanation: a bull attacks by tossing horns upward — prices rising. Opposite is 熊市 (xióngshì, bear market) — a bear swipes its paws downward. Remember the pair as 牛 up / 熊 down.

Stroke Order

牛 niú

市 shì