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利害 lìhài

利害 lìhài Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 12 English Translations of the word 利害 lìhài .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lìhài | li4 hai4
English translation
pros and cons
advantages and disadvantages
gains and losses
terrible
formidable
serious
devastating
tough
capable
sharp
severe
fierce

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HSK level

6

Traditional form

利害 lìhài

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 利害 lìhài

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利 Lì

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

⿰禾刂

Number of Strokes

7
害 hài

Explanation

Pictograph of a lid over a container. Based on the original meaning "lid", now written as 蓋 gài . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿱宀 gài ⿱丰口

Number of Strokes

10

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利害 lìhài Decomposition

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利害 lìhài Compounds

See all 34 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 利害 lìhài in their composition.

  • 利 Lì
    • 梨 lí
      • 蟍, 鏫
    • 莉 lì , 俐 lì , 蜊 lí , 犁 lí , 痢 lì , 筣, 唎 lì , 悧 lì , 梸 lí , 浰 lì , 猁 lì , 脷 lì , 鬁 lì , 娳, 峲, 悡, 琍, 誗, 鋓, 鋫, 鯏
  • 害 hài
    • 瞎 xiā , 割 gē , 辖 xiá , 嗐 hài , 搳 huá , 犗 jiè , 鎋 xiá , 磍, 縖, 螛, 轄 xiá
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