利子

Chinese

		advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (利子)		利	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄗ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: lì-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih.tzy
    • Palladius: лицзы (liczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-chú
    • Tâi-lô: lī-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixzuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 利子

1. (historical) a kind of punishment or torture device with a horizontal beam and wheel and axle on which sentenced criminals are tied to be paraded on the streets
2. (finance, dated) interest (on mortgages or savings)

Synonyms

• (punishment or torture device): 木驢／木驴 (mùlǚ), 驢床／驴床
• (interest):

(deprecated template usage)

• 利仔錢／利仔钱 (Hokkien)
• 利息 (lìxī)
• 利鈿／利钿 (⁶li-di) (Wu)
• 利錢／利钱 (lìqián)
• 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)

 

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
利	子
り Grade: 4	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

利(り)子(し) • (rishi) 

1. (finance) interest

Synonyms

• 利息(りそく) (risoku)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
利	子

Noun

利子 • (ija) (hangeul 이자)

1. Hanja form^? of 이자 (“interest”).