飄紅

Chinese

		to float	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
trad. (飄紅)		飄	紅
simp. (飘红)		飘	红

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piāohóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠ ㄏㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piāohóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piaohóng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹-hung²
    • Yale: pyāu-húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piauhorng
    • Palladius: пяохун (pjaoxun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xʊŋ³⁵/

Verb

飄紅

1. (Mainland China, Taiwan, stock market) to rise comprehensively

   滬指漲逾2%站上4500點，板块全線飄紅。 [MSC, trad.]
   沪指涨逾2%站上4500点，板块全线飘红。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hùzhǐ zhàng yú 2% Zhànshàng 4500 diǎn, bǎnkuài quánxiàn piāohóng. [Pinyin]

   The SSE Composite Index rose by more than 2%, reaching 4500 points, and [stock prices within the] sections have been rising across the board.

Usage notes

This phrase only makes sense in Mainland China and Taiwan, where red digits indicate a rise and green digits mean a drop. That is not applicable to Hong Kong and Singapore, whose stock markets use the opposite colour scheme.