定息

定息

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilise; to order	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
simp. and trad. (定息)		定	息

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìngxī, dìngxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: dìngxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqshi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìngsi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: dìngxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqshyi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìngsí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/

Noun

定息

1. fixed interest; fixed rate of interest on capital

   • 在工商業的公私合營企業中，資本家還拿取定息，也就是還有剝削；就所有制這點上說，這類企業還不是完全的社會主義性質的。 [MSC, trad.]
     在工商业的公私合营企业中，资本家还拿取定息，也就是还有剥削；就所有制这点上说，这类企业还不是完全的社会主义性质的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集·第五卷》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong: Volume V) (1977). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zài gōngshāngyè de gōngsī héyíng qǐyè zhōng, zīběnjiā hái náqǔ dìngxī, yě jiùshì hái yǒu bōxuē; jiù suǒyǒuzhì zhè diǎn shàng shuō, zhè lèi qǐyè hái bù shì wánquán de shèhuì zhǔyì xìngzhì de. [Pinyin]

     In joint state-private industrial and commercial enterprises, capitalists still get a fixed rate of interest on their capital, that is to say, exploitation still exists. So far as ownership is concerned, these enterprises are not yet completely socialist in nature.