# 益處
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yìchù
    (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄔㄨˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jik$^1$ cyu$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yet$^2$ cui$^{4*}$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yit-chhu
    (Hailu, HRS): rhid chu$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yid$^5$ cu$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ih$^6$ cy$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ek-chhù / iak-chhìr / ek-chhì / iak--chhìr
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iah$^4$ cu$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yìchù → yìchu (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄔㄨˋ → ㄧˋ ˙ㄔㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yìchů
*** Wade–Giles: i$^4$-chʻu$^5$
*** Yale: yì-chu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih.chuh
*** Palladius: ичу (iču)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/ → /i⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jik$^1$ cyu$^3$
*** Yale: yīk chyu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jik$^7$ tsy$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yig$^1$ qu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰyː³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yet$^2$ cui$^{4*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /jet̚⁵⁵ t͡sʰui²¹⁻²¹⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-chhu
*** Hakka Romanization System: id$^ˋ$ cu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yid$^5$ cu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /it̚² t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-chhu
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)id$^ˋ$ cu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yid$^5$ cu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rhid chu$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒit⁵⁻² t͡ʃʰu¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yid$^5$ cu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /it̚¹ t͡sʰu⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ih$^6$ cy$^4$ [Phonetic: ih$^7$ cy$^4$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ih-chṳ̍
*** Sinological IPA : /iʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ t͡sʰy⁴²/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ih$^6$ cy$^4$ [Phonetic: ih$^7$ cy$^4$]
*** Sinological IPA : /iʔ²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰy⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ek-chhù
*** Tâi-lô: ik-tshù
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ekzhux
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰu²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰu¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iak-chhìr
*** Tâi-lô: iak-tshìr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɯ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ek-chhì
*** Tâi-lô: ik-tshì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ekchix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰi²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iak--chhìr
*** Tâi-lô: iak--tshìr
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iah$^4$ cu$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iah tshù
*** Sinological IPA : /iaʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sʰu²¹³/

### Noun

益處
* benefit; profit; advantage
       Máiyuàn duìyú wǒmen háowú yìchù, máiyuàn yuè duō yuè tòngkǔ, máiyuàn yuè shǎo yuè kuàiyuè. [Pinyin]
       Complaining is of no benefit to us. The more we complain, the more painful it gets — the less we complain, the happier we feel.

#### Synonyms

* 利益 (lìyì)
* 好處 / 好处
* 實利 / 实利 (shílì)
* 惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 收益 (shōuyì)
* 甜頭 / 甜头 (Jin)
* 肥 (féi) (usually derogatory)
* 補 / 补 (bǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
* 補益 / 补益 (bǔyì)
* 裨益 (bìyì)

#### Antonyms

* 害處／害处 (hàichù)

### References

* “Entry #10096”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.