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利

Mandarin · pinyin lì#

Mandarin · pinyin Lì#

surname Li

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利: lì · gains, advantage, profit, merit

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4 · li4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lei6

Cantonese word readings for 利. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

benefit; advantage
profit
(finance) interest
to benefit; to be beneficial to
favourable; successful
sharp; sharp-edge
(Leizhou Min, euphemistic) knife (Classifier: 把 mn-l)
a surname
Used in transcription.

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used in 利市 (“red packets”)
(Cantonese) used in 老利 (lou⁵ lai⁶⁻²)

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