炒股 (chǎo gǔ) means “(coll.) to speculate in stocks”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
他炒股亏了不少钱。
Tā chǎo gǔ kuī le bù shǎo qián.
He lost a lot of money speculating in stocks.
Updated: 2026-07-18