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益

yì

profit, benefit; advantage; hexagram ䷩

Shadow
Strokes
10
Radical
皿
HSK
4
Tone
4

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 走路是有益的。

    Zǒu lù shì yǒu yì de

    Walking is beneficial.

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  • 他为自己的利益行事。

    Tā wèi zì jǐ de lì yì xíng shì

    He is acting on his own behalf.

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  • 他只顾自己的利益。

    Tā zhǐ gù zì jǐ de lì yì

    All he thinks about is himself.

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  • 多多益善。

    Duō duō yì shàn

    The more, the better.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 益

  • 利益lì yì 4–4 benefit; (in sb's) interest
  • 收益shōu yì 1–4 earnings; profit
  • 权益quán yì 2–4 rights; interests; rights and benefits
  • 日益rì yì 4–4 day by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day
  • 效益xiào yì 4–4 benefit; effectiveness; efficiency
  • 精益求精jīng yì qiú jīng 1–4–2–1to perfect sth that is already outstanding (idiom); constantly improving
  • 有益yǒu yì 3–4 useful; beneficial; profitable
  • 受益shòu yì 4–4 to benefit from; profit
  • 公益gōng yì 1–4 public good; public welfare; public interest
  • 得益于dé yì yú 2–4–2to benefit from; thanks to
  • 公益性gōngyì xìng 1–4 Public welfare
  • 益处yì chu 4–5benefit