被套

bèitào
noun #32,604

Measure Word

一条被套 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 duvet cover
  2. 2 quilt cover
  3. 3 (finance, slang) to be 'trapped' holding an asset that has fallen below the purchase price

Examples

Zhè tiáo bèitào shì xīn mǎi de.
This duvet cover is newly bought.
Wǒ bǎ bèitào huàn le yīxià.
I changed the duvet cover.
Tā mǎi de gǔpiào bèitào le.
The stock he bought is underwater.

Tips

culture
The financial slang sense is everywhere on Chinese stock-investor forums: a stock that drops below your purchase price has (tào, 'trapped/covered') you. Hence 被套 'to be put inside the trap.' Same characters, same logic: a duvet's cloth shell traps the filling; the market traps the buyer. Context tells you which one is meant.

Stroke Order

bèi
tào