利錢

Chinese

		advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	coin; money
trad. (利錢)		利	錢
simp. (利钱)		利	钱
anagram		錢利／钱利

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lìqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ni⁴ qian²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶ cin⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): lé-cièng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-chîⁿ / lāi-chîⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìqián → lìqian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ → ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄑㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìciån
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-chʻien⁵
    • Yale: lì-chyan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih.chyan
    • Palladius: лицянь (licjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/ → /li⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ni⁴ qian²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: likian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹³ t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁶ cin⁴
    • Yale: leih chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²² t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lé-cièng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lī-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixcvii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ t͡sĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāi-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lāi-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laixcvii
    • IPA (Taipei): /lai³³⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lai⁴¹⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai³³⁻²¹ t͡sĩ²³/

Noun

利錢

1. (finance) interest (on an investment)

Synonyms

• 利仔錢／利仔钱 (Hokkien)
• 利子 (lìzi) (dated)
• 利息 (lìxī)
• 利鈿／利钿 (⁶li-di) (Wu)
• 子金 (zǐjīn) (literary)
• 子錢／子钱 (zǐqián) (historical)
• 息金 (xījīn) (literary)
• 息錢／息钱 (si⁶ zienn²) (Xiang)
• 錢利／钱利 (cièng-*lé) (Eastern Min)
• 錢息／钱息 (cièng-sék) (Eastern Min)