Chinese Word: 利 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

利HSK 4

Pinyin: lì

English Definition: sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit

Chinese Definition:
①好处，与“害”“弊”相对：利弊。利害。利益。利令智昏。兴利除弊。
②使顺利、得到好处：利己。利用厚生(充分发挥物的作用，使民众生活优厚富裕起来)。
③与愿望相符合：吉利。顺利。
④刀口快，针尖锐，与“钝”相对：利刃。利刀。利剑。利落。利口巧辩。
⑤从事生产、交易、货款、储蓄所得超过本钱的收获：利息。利率。一本万利。
⑥姓氏。

Antonyms: 钝弊害

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 刀

Ideographic:Harvesting 刂 grain 禾

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 禾 [ hé ] cereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk
- 刂 [ dāo ] knife

Similar Characters: 刊判

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Example Words

利用HSK 5	lì yòng	to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize
利益HSK 5	lì yì	benefit; (in sb's) interest; Classifiers: 个
胜利HSK 5	shèng lì	victory; Classifiers: 个
权利HSK 5	quán lì	right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
顺利HSK 4	shùn lì	smoothly; without a hitch

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Example Sentences

1		tā 他 yōng bào 拥抱 le 了 shèng lì 胜利。 He embraced victory.
2		wǒ huì 我会 zhǔ 煮 yì dà lì miàn 意大利面。 I can cook a dish of spaghetti.
3		tā 她 jiǎng 讲 liú lì 流利 de 的 fǎ yǔ 法语。 She speaks fluent French.
4		tā 她 de 的 yīng yǔ 英语 fēi cháng 非常 liú lì 流利。 Her English is very fluent.
5		wǒ 我 de 的 kǒu yǔ 口语 bú gòu 不够 liú lì 流利。 My spoken Chinese is not fluent enough.

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1		tā 他 yōng bào 拥抱 le 了 shèng lì 胜利。 He embraced victory.
2		wǒ huì 我会 zhǔ 煮 yì dà lì miàn 意大利面。 I can cook a dish of spaghetti.
3		tā 她 jiǎng 讲 liú lì 流利 de 的 fǎ yǔ 法语。 She speaks fluent French.
4		tā 她 de 的 yīng yǔ 英语 fēi cháng 非常 liú lì 流利。 Her English is very fluent.
5		wǒ 我 de 的 kǒu yǔ 口语 bú gòu 不够 liú lì 流利。 My spoken Chinese is not fluent enough.

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