牛市

niúshì

noun #53,693

Meanings

1 bull market

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

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.

HSK 6

上一轮牛市持续了两年。

Shàng yì 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