利
lìLì HSK2

benefit

利 lì frequency
benefit noun
advantage, profit, or material gain

在这笔买卖中，他只顾着眼前的利，却丢掉了信誉。

zài zhè bǐ mǎi​mai zhōng, tā zhǐ gù zhe yǎn​qián de lì, què diū​diào le xìn​yù.

In this deal, he only cared about short-term profit but lost his reputation.

sharp adjective
having a fine edge or point capable of cutting or piercing

这把菜刀磨得很利。

zhè bǎ cài​dāo mó de hěn lì.

This kitchen knife is sharpened very keenly.

to benefit verb
to do good to or act in the interest of

这种药利肝利胆。

zhè zhǒng yào lì gān lì dǎn.

This medicine is beneficial for the liver and gallbladder.

favorable adjective
advantageous, smooth, or successful

首战不利并没有让他失去信心。

shǒu zhàn bù lì bìng méi​yǒu ràng tā shī​qù xìn​xīn.

The setback in the first battle did not make him lose confidence.

interest expression
money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money lent

他连本带利把钱还清了。

tā lián​běn​dài​lì bǎ qián huán​qīng le.

He paid back the money in full, including interest.

利 Lì
Li proper name
surname Li

利先生是这家公司的经理。

Lì xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de jīng​lǐ.

Mr. Li is the manager of this company.

Frequency
Character
Written text
155th most common 1389.2 per million
Movie subtitles
244th most common 702.7 per million appears in 85% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
62.4 per million appears in 15% of films
Written text
116.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+5229

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)