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益

yì

HSK 5 Character

What 益 means

1. benefit
2. profit
3. advantage
4. beneficial
5. to increase
6. to add
7. all the more

Other readings

益 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Yìsurname Yi

Example sentences

• 多多益善。
  The more, the better.
• 运动有益健康。
  Exercise is good for your health.
• 体育有益健康。
  Exercise is good for your health.
• 走路是有益的。
  Walking is beneficial.
• 多运动有益健康。
  Regular exercise is beneficial to good health.
• 深呼吸有益健康。
  It's healthy to breathe deeply.

Words starting with 益

• 益处yì chubenefit
• 益智yì zhìto grow the intellect; Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine)
• 益发yì fāincreasingly; more and more; ever more
• 益加yì jiāincreasingly; more and more; all the more
• 益友yì yǒuhelpful friend; wise companion
• 益州Yì zhōuname of old state in modern Sichuan
• 益母yì mǔmotherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus)
• 益母草yì mǔ cǎomotherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
• 益智玩具yì zhì wán jùeducational toy
• 益阳市Yì yáng ShìYiyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
• 益趋yì qūincreasingly; more and more
• 益虫yì chóngbeneficial insect
• 益鸟yì niǎobeneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice)
• 益生菌yì shēng jūnprobiotics
• 益阳Yì yángsee 益阳市
• 益寿延年yì shòu yán niánsee 延年益寿

Words containing 益

• 利益lì yìbenefit; (in sb's) interest
• 日益rì yìday by day; more and more; increasingly
• 权益quán yìrights; interests; rights and benefits
• 收益shōu yìearnings; profit
• 效益xiào yìbenefit; effectiveness; efficiency
• 精益求精jīng yì qiú jīng(idiom) to constantly seek to improve; to keep perfecting
• 公益gōng yìpublic good; public welfare; public interest
• 有益yǒu yìuseful; beneficial; profitable
• 受益shòu yìto benefit from; profit
• 得益dé yìto derive benefit
• 无益wú yìno good; not good for; not beneficial
• 收益率shōu yì lǜearnings rate; earnings yield (finance)
• 受益匪浅shòu yì fěi qiǎnto benefit (from)
• 获益huò yìto profit from sth; to get benefit
• 损益sǔn yìprofit and loss; increase and decrease
• 相得益彰xiāng dé yì zhāngto bring out the best in each other (idiom); to complement one another well
• 受益人shòu yì rénbeneficiary
• 既得利益jì dé lì yìvested interest
• 多多益善duō duō yì shànthe more the better
• 延年益寿yán nián yì shòu(idiom) to prolong life; to extend lifespan
• 公益金gōng yì jīnpublic welfare funds; community chest
• 良师益友liáng shī yì yǒugood teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
• 助益zhù yìbenefit; help
• 增益zēng yìto increase; (electronics) gain; (gaming) buff

Characters that look like 益

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 虽suīalthough; even though
• 盖gàilid; top; cover
• 羞xiūshy; ashamed; shame
• 扇shànfan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc
• 盈yíngfull; filled; surplus
• 韭jiǔleek

Sounds the same

Read yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 意(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 议to comment on; to discuss; to suggest
• 易easy; amiable; to change
• 亿100 million
• 亦also
• 艺skill; art
• 译to translate; to interpret
• 忆to recollect; to remember; memory
• 谊friendship; also pr. yí
• 义justice; righteousness; meaning
• 裔(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔; (literary) distant lands
• 异different; other; hetero-