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, SP): ni⁴ qian²
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶ cin⁴
Min Dong (BUC): lé-cièng
Min Nan (POJ): lī-chîⁿ / lāi-chîⁿ

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 t͡ɕʰjɛn³⁵/ → /li⁵¹ t͡ɕʰjɛn¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ni⁴ qian²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: likian
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹³ t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁶ cin⁴
  - Yale: leih chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶ tsin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶ qin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²² t͡sʰiːn²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lé-cièng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-chîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lī-tsînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixcvii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāi-chîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lāi-tsînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laixcvii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lai⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lai³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕĩ²³/

Noun

利錢

(finance) interest (on an investment)

Synonyms

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利子 (lìzi) (dated)
利息 (lìxī)
子金 (zǐjīn) (literary)
息金 (xījīn) (literary)
利仔錢／利仔钱 (Min Nan)

利鈿／利钿 (Wu)
息錢／息钱 (Xiang)
錢利／钱利 (Min Dong)
錢息／钱息 (Min Dong)