利 (lei6 | li4) : profit; gains; benefit; serve

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利

lei6

li4

[1] profit; gains; gain; advantage; benefit; merit [2] sharp [3] [v] benefit; serve

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 刀 (#18)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

利

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2009 16:13

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吉利 gat1 lei6 = lucky

利口酒 lei6 hau2 zau2 li4 kou3 jiu3 = liquer (phonetic loanword in Mandarin)

流利 lau4 lei6 liu2 li4 = fluent, eloquent

恭喜發財,利市𢭃來 gung1 hei2 faat3 coi4, lei6 si5*6 dau6 loi4 = a cheeky request for a red packet of lucky money! 粵

利是 lai6 si6 = lucky money contained in a red envelope given as gifts 粵

澳大利亞 ou3 daai6 lei6 aa3 ao4 da4 li4 ya3 (Taiwan), ao4 da4 li4 ya4 (PRC) = Australia (also 澳洲)

蒙特利爾 mung4 dak6 lei6 ji5 meng2 te4 li4 er3 = Montreal

犀利 sai1 lei6 xi1 li4 = terrific; cranky; sharp

便利店 bin6 lei6 dim3 bian4 li4 dian4 = convenience store

利息 lei6 sik1 li4 xi1 = interest; accrual
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利率急遽下降
The interest rate rapidly declines

雖然佢三十六度板斧都出齊，但都唔夠你犀利粵
Although he put in all that he knew, he could not match up with you.

佢真利害，三兩下手勢就做低對手粵
His opponent was defeated in no time. He is really formidable.

佢今年八十歲啦，重係咁精神爽利粵
She is already eighty this year, yet she is still full of life and zest.

邊度有得食正宗嘅意大利菜？粵
Where can (one) finds authentic Italian food?
[[Lit.] where can/have authentic Italian food to be eaten?]

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Decimal representation of this word: 利
Unicode code for this character: U+5229 (off-site link)

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