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利

  • lì (li⁴) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄌㄧˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • lei⁶ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • lei⁵ Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • li Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • li⁴ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • lī Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • lé Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • lê Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • lāi Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • lī Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • li⁶ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • lai⁷ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁶li Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • lì Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄌㄧˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • lì Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • li⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • lì Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • lih Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • ли Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /li⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • lei⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • leih Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • léi⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /lei̯²²/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • lei⁵ Cantonese, Taishanese, Taicheng
  • lai⁶ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • li⁷ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • lai⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • laih Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /lɐi̯²²/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /lei³²/ Cantonese, Taishanese, Taicheng
  • li⁴ Hakka, 梅州話, 客家話拼音
  • /li⁵³/ Hakka, IPA, 梅州話
  • lī Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • li Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /li³³/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /li²²/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen

Where it comes from

會意漢字：禾 + 刀 – 用刀收穫穀物（禾）。

繼承自原始漢藏語 *ri:t (“切割，收割，收穫”) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007)；與米佐語 rîit (“用鋤頭刮”)、西古隆語 [需要文字] (wriqba，“刮”)、緬甸語 ရိတ် (rit，“切，刮，收穫”)同源。

釋義

  1. 好處，益處
  2. 收益 薄利多銷
  3. 從本金生出的子錢 高利貸
  4. 有益於
  5. 祥瑞；成功
  6. 尖銳，鋒銳
  7. 姓氏 利希慎

Similar: 鋒利, 銳利, 快

釋義

  1. 用於利市。
  2. Cantonese 用於老利 (lou⁵ lai⁶⁻²)。

Thesaurus

釋義

Similar: 鋒利, 銳利, 快

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"利." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%88%A9. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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利. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%88%A9

Chicago

"利." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%88%A9.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {利},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%88%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}