HSK 6 · Money

股份 gǔfèn “share” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 股份 means

  1. share
  2. stock
  3. a share (in a company)

How to say 股份

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale股gǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale份fèn4th tone, falling

股份 in a sentence

  1. 他在朋友的公司里有一些股份。

    Tā zài péngyou de gōngsī lǐ yǒu yìxiē gǔfèn.

    He has some shares in his friend’s company.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这是一家股份有限公司。

    Zhè shì yì jiā gǔfèn yǒuxiàn gōngsī.

    This is a limited company.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 股份 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 股 (gǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
股gǔthigh
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 殳weapon · shūSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 殳 (shū) hints at the sound. Compare it with gǔ.

The character 份 (fèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
份fènclassifier for gifts, newspaper
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 分to divide · fēn

How to write 股份

股 8 strokes · 份 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

股份 (gǔfèn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 股份 (gǔfèn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 股份

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FAQs

股份 (gǔfèn) means “share” or “stock”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gǔfèn: gǔ with a 3rd tone, then fèn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 股份 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gufen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 股份 from the suggestions. Typing gufen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
股份 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.