利 - Mandarin word #5391

利

lì

Traditional: 利

#5391 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

benefit, sharp; profit

Stroke order

利

。

You should make good use of your time.

。

This is to our advantage.

。

He is taking advantage of this opportunity.

。

This matter is to his benefit.

。

He only thinks about his own benefit when acting.

利 (lì) covers benefit, advantage, and sharpness. It powers 利用 (lì yòng), to use or exploit.

好

good, well, OK

利用

to use, to take advantage of

用

to use, to need, using

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 利.

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 108.