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利益

lì yì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 个

利益 (lì yì) means "benefit, interest". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 利益 means

1. benefit
2. (in sb's) interest

The characters in 利益

• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 益yìbenefit; profit; advantage

Example sentences

• 他只顾自己的利益。
  Tā zhǐgù zìjǐ de lìyì.
  All he thinks about is himself.
• 商人们只看中利益。
  Shāngrén men zhǐ kànzhòng lìyì.
  Merchants only look at the profits.
• 他为自己的利益行事。
  Tā wèi zìjǐ de lìyì xíngshì.
  He is acting on his own behalf.
• 川普的行为符合俄罗斯的利益。
  Trump is acting in Russia's interests.
• 国家之间没有朋友，只有利益。
  Countries don't have friends—they have interests.
• 为了长期利益，我们决定把开发部门卖掉。
  Wèile chángqī lìyì, wǒmen juédìng bǎ kāifā bùmén màidiào.
  For the sake of long-term interests, we have decided to sell the development department.

Words starting with 利益

• 利益集团lì yì jí tuáninterest group
• 利益冲突lì yì chōng tūconflict of interest
• 利益输送lì yì shū sòngto make use of one's position to gain profit for oneself or one's associates

Words containing 利益

• 既得利益jì dé lì yìvested interest
• 共同利益gòng tóng lì yìcommon interest; mutual benefit
• 国防利益guó fáng lì yì(national) defense interests
• 自身利益zì shēn lì yìone's own interests
• 社会公共利益shè huì gōng gòng lì yìpublic interest
• 纯利益chún lì yìnet profit; net gain

Sounds the same

Read lì yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 立意to conceptualize; to come up with the central idea; concept; central idea…

Where 利益 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.

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