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利息

lì xī

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 笔

利息 (lì xī) means "interest (on savings/loan)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 利息 means

1. interest (on a loan)

The characters in 利息

• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)

Example sentences

• 我本金和利息都没了。
  Wǒ běnjīn hé lìxī dōu méile.
  I have lost both principal and interest.
• 我存在银行的钱利息非常低。
  The money I have in the bank earns very low interest.
• 银行对风险客户收取较高的贷款利息。
  Yínháng duì fēngxiǎn kèhù shōuqǔ jiào gāo de dàikuǎn lìxī.
  Banks charge higher interest on loans to risky customers.

Words starting with 利息

• 利息率lì xi lǜinterest rate

Where 利息 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Value, Wealth & Preservation (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lì xī correctly.
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