# 利益
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lìyì
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lei$^6$ jik$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): li-yit
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lī-ek / lī-iak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): li$^6$ iah$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$li-iq$_7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lìyì → lìyi (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄧˋ → ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lìyi̊
*** Wade–Giles: li$^4$-i$^5$
*** Yale: lì-yi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih.yih
*** Palladius: лии (lii)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/ → /li⁵¹ i¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$利益 立意
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lei$^6$ jik$^1$
*** Yale: leih yīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lei$^6$ jik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: léi$^6$ yig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lei̯²² jɪk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li-yit
*** Hakka Romanization System: li id$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: li$^4$ yid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵ it̚²/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li-yit
*** Hakka Romanization System: li (r)id$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: li$^4$ yid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵ (j)it̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-ek
*** Tâi-lô: lī-ik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lixeg
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ iɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ iɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ iɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-iak
*** Tâi-lô: lī-iak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lixiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /li⁴¹⁻²² iak̚⁵/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: li$^6$ iah$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lĭ iah
*** Sinological IPA : /li³⁵⁻¹¹ iaʔ²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$li-iq$_7$
*** MiniDict: li$^去$ ih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$li-iq$_4$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²² iɪʔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

利益
* benefit; advantage; good; interest
    追求利益 ― zhuīqiú lìyì ― to pursue (one's own) interest
    眼前利益 ― yǎnqián lìyì ― immediate interests
    損害國家利益／损害国家利益 ― sǔnhài guójiā lìyì ― to harm the national interest
       zǐnǚ zuìjiā lìyì yuánzé [Pinyin]
       child's best interests
    有悖於公司利益／有悖于公司利益 ― yǒubèiyú gōngsī lìyì ― to clash with the interests of the company
       Kējì yīng wèi rénmín lìyì fúwù. [Pinyin]
       Science and technology should work for the good of the people.
* (finance) profit (excess of revenue over cost)

#### Synonyms

* (benefit):
* 好處 / 好处
* 實利 / 实利 (shílì)
* 惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 收益 (shōuyì)
* 甜頭 / 甜头 (Jin)
* 益處 / 益处 (yìchù)
* 肥 (féi) (usually derogatory)
* 補 / 补 (bǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
* 補益 / 补益 (bǔyì)
* 裨益 (bìyì)
* (profit):
* 利潤 / 利润 (lìrùn)
* 利純 / 利纯 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 利頭 / 利头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 潤 / 润 (rùn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 盈利 (yínglì)
* 賺 / 赚 (informal)
* 賺頭 / 赚头 (zhuàntou) (informal)
* 賺頭兒 / 赚头儿 (zhuàntour) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 長頭 / 长头 (Hokkien)

#### Derived terms

* 利益團體 / 利益团体 (lìyì tuántǐ)
* 利益均霑 / 利益均沾
* 利益相關者 / 利益相关者 (lìyì xiāngguān zhě)
* 利益衝突 / 利益冲突 (lìyì chōngtū)
* 既得利益 (jìdé lìyì)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 利 | 益 |
| り Grade: 4 | えき Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) りえき [ríꜜèkì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɾʲie̞kʲi]

#### Noun

利(り)益(えき) • (rieki)
* benefit
* (finance) profit

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 利 | 益 |
| り Grade: 4 | やく Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) りやく [ríꜜyàkù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɾʲija̠kɯ̟]

#### Noun

利(り)益(やく) • (riyaku)
* (Buddhism) blessing, salvation

##### Derived terms

* 御利益(ごりやく) (goriyaku)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 利 | 益 |

### Noun

利益 • (iik) (hangeul 이익)
* hanja form of 이익 (“profit”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 利 | 益 |

### Noun

利益
* chữ Hán form of lợi ích (“benefit; interest”).