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利息 lìxī

利息 lìxī Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 利息 lìxī .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lìxī | li4 xi1
English translation
interest (on a loan)
CL:
>[bǐ]

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About 利息 lìxī

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Traditional form

利息 lìxī

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 利息 lìxī

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts harvesting grain () with a blade ( dāo ). Harvest was the main source of profit in agricultural societies.

Positional decomposition

禾刂

Number of Strokes

7

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of air going into the nose (). The lines representing breath were later reanalyzed as xīn (heart).

Positional decomposition

自心

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 利息 lìxī

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Gāo 利贷 de 利息 lìxī 惊人 jīng rén Gāo .

The interest of usury is unfairly high.

利息 lìxī de 长期 cháng qī 贷款 dàikuǎn duì 小型 xiǎo xíng 企业 qǐyè huì yǒu 帮助 bāngzhù .

The availability of cheap long - term credit would help small business.

那个 nà ge fàng Gāo 利贷 zhě yòng Gāo 利息 lìxī de Qián 全部 quánbù zhà guāng le .

The moneylender has been bleeding me white with high rate of interest.

五分 de 利息 lìxī jiè 线 xiàn .

He lent me the money as 5 percent interest.

利息 lìxī 按天 àn tiān 计算 jìsuàn 每年 měi nián 4 yuè 1一次性 yī cì xìng 打入账户 zhànghù

Interest is calculated daily and credited once a year, on 1 April.

利息 lìxī Decomposition

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利息 lìxī Compounds

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