"profit (colloquial)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
赚头 賺頭 zhuàn tou profit (colloquial) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
(specifier) that / the / those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) / then (in that case) syn
哥们 哥們 gē men Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males) syn
sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit syn
好处 好處 hǎo chu benefit / advantage / merit / gain / profit / also pr. [hao3chu4] syn
收获 收穫 shōu huò to harvest / to reap / to gain / crop / harvest / profit / gain / bonus / reward syn
成果 chéng guǒ result / achievement / gain / profit / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn
受益 shòu yì to benefit from / profit syn
收益 shōu yì earnings / profit syn
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
瘸子 qué zi lame person (colloquial) syn
获利 獲利 huò lì profit / to obtain benefits / benefits obtained syn
盈利 yíng lì profit / gain / to make profits syn
麻利 má li swift / agile / efficient / quick-witted (colloquial) syn
出息 chū xi future prospects / profit / to mature / to grow up syn
获益 獲益 huò yì to profit from sth / to get benefit syn
倒卖 倒賣 dǎo mài to resell at a profit / to speculate syn
断送 斷送 duàn sòng to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc) / ruined syn
毛利 máo lì gross profit
自私自利 zì sī zì lì everything for self and selfish profit (idiom) / with no regard for others / selfish / mercenary syn
油水 yóu shuǐ grease / profit / ill-gotten gains
俗语 俗語 sú yǔ common saying / proverb / colloquial speech syn
名利 míng lì fame and profit syn
赚取 賺取 zhuàn qǔ to make a profit / to earn a packet syn
牟利 móu lì to gain profit (by underhand means) / to exploit / exploitation syn
横财 橫財 hèng cái easy money / windfall / ill-gotten gains / undeserved fortune / illegal profit syn
读音 讀音 dú yīn pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
口语 口語 kǒu yǔ colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL:門|门[men2]
唯利是图 唯利是圖 wéi lì shì tú (idiom) to be bent solely on profit / to put profit before everything else syn
赢利 贏利 yíng lì gain / profit / to make a profit syn
营利 營利 yíng lì for profit / to seek profit syn
封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié to loot a burning house / to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom) syn
利己 lì jǐ personal profit / to benefit oneself syn
盈余 盈餘 yíng yú surplus / profit syn
大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn
娃儿 娃兒 wá ér children (colloquial) syn
集思广益 集思廣益 jí sī guǎng yì collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom) / to pool wisdom for mutual benefit / to profit from widespread suggestions
谋利 謀利 móu lì to make a profit / to gain / to get an advantage syn
利润率 利潤率 lì rùn lǜ profit margin
盈亏 盈虧 yíng kuī profit and loss / waxing and waning syn
拔尖 bá jiān top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front syn
裨益 bì yì benefit / advantage / profit / to be a benefit to syn
净收入 淨收入 jìng shōu rù net income / net profit syn
争权夺利 爭權奪利 zhēng quán duó lì scramble for power and profit (idiom) / power struggle
牟取 móu qǔ to gain profit (by underhand means) / to exploit / see also 謀取|谋取[mou2 qu3] syn
纯利 純利 chún lì net profit syn
自负盈亏 自負盈虧 zì fù yíng kuī responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility
尾巴 wěi ba tail / colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5] syn
净利润 淨利潤 jìng lì rùn net profit syn
对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial)
损益 損益 sǔn yì profit and loss / increase and decrease syn
出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc / to exhale (Buddhism) syn
青石 qīng shí bluestone / limestone (colloquial)
热钱 熱錢 rè qián hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
非营利 非營利 fēi yíng lì nonprofit / not for profit
无利 無利 wú lì no profit / not profitable / a hindrance / (to lend money) at no interest
薄利多销 薄利多銷 bó lì duō xiāo small profit but rapid turnover
净利 淨利 jìng lì net profit syn
属相 屬相 shǔ xiàng colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle syn
见利忘义 見利忘義 jiàn lì wàng yì lit. to see profit and forget morality (idiom) / fig. to act from mercenary considerations / to sell one's soul syn
损益表 損益表 sǔn yì biǎo income statement (US) / profit and loss account (UK)
蛋挞 蛋撻 dàn tà egg tart (colloquial pr. [dan4ta3])
跑调 跑調 pǎo diào to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
利市 lì shì business profit / auspicious / lucky / small sum of money offered on festive days
创利 創利 chuàng lì to make a profit syn
连本带利 連本帶利 lián běn dài lì both principal and interest / capital plus profit
冯梦龙 馮夢龍 féng mèng lóng Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1]
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个) / both / some syn
yíng to beat / to win / to profit syn
dǎo to fall / to collapse / to lie horizontally / to fail / to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit syn
xuè blood / colloquial pr. [xie3] / CL:滴[di1],片[pian4] syn
zhuàn to earn / to make a profit syn
lào colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds syn
céng to rub against / to walk slowly / to freeload (colloquial) syn
rùn moist / glossy / sleek / to moisten / to lubricate / to embellish / to enhance / profit / remuneration / (neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions) syn
three (colloquial equivalent of 三個|三个) syn
benefit / profit / advantage / beneficial / to increase / to add / all the more syn
(bound form) to whip / to flog / (loanword) (pastry) tart (colloquial pr. [ta3])
yíng old variant of 贏|赢[ying2], to win, to profit / old variant of 盈[ying2], full
攀亲 攀親 pān qīn to seek to profit by family ties syn
大白话 大白話 dà bái huà colloquial speech
倒买倒卖 倒買倒賣 dǎo mǎi dǎo mài to buy and sell at a profit / to speculate
暴利税 暴利稅 bào lì shuì windfall profit tax
惯用语 慣用語 guàn yòng yǔ commonly used phrase / idiom / colloquial usage
渔利 漁利 yú lì to make an unethical profit / benefits gained from others' conflict syn
损公肥私 損公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom) / personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior syn
白读 白讀 bái dú colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
较比 較比 jiào bǐ comparatively (colloquial) / fairly / quite / rather / relatively syn
忙乎 máng hū to be busy (colloquial) syn
争名夺利 爭名奪利 zhēng míng duó lì to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom) / scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain
毛收入 máo shōu rù gross income / gross profit
捞油水 撈油水 lāo yóu shuǐ (coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means)
对本 對本 duì běn (a return) equal to the capital / 100 percent profit
超额利润 超額利潤 chāo é lì rùn superprofit / excess profit
一本万利 一本萬利 yī běn wàn lì small capital, huge profit (idiom) / to put in a little and get a lot out syn
欲益反损 欲益反損 yù yì fǎn sǔn wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom) / good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears.
见利思义 見利思義 jiàn lì sī yì to see profit and remember morality (idiom) / to act ethically / not tempted by riches
见钱眼开 見錢眼開 jiàn qián yǎn kāi to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom) / thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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