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有利

yǒu lì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

有利 (yǒu lì) means "advantageous; favorable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 有利 means

1. advantageous; favorable

The characters in 有利

• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage

Example sentences

• 这对他有利。
  It is to his advantage.

Words starting with 有利

• 有利于yǒu lì yúto be advantageous to; to be beneficial for
• 有利可图yǒu lì kě túprofitable
• 有利有弊yǒu lì yǒu bìto have both advantages and disadvantages

Sounds the same

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

• 有力powerful; forceful; vigorous

Where 有利 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Groups, Extension & Recommendations (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 yǒu lì correctly.
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