利息

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Chinese

advantage; benefit; profit
advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
 
rest; news; interest
rest; news; interest; breath
 
simp. and trad.
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Pronunciation


Note: lai7 sêg4 - Pontianak.

Noun

利息

  1. (finance) interest (on mortgages or savings)
    收取利息  ―  shōuqǔ lìxī  ―  to charge interest

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Japanese

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Grade: 4
そく
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(そく) (risoku

  1. (finance) interest
    • 1931, 岡本綺堂, 青蛙神:
      利息(りそく)などを()ろうとするから、(かえ)って(おお)きい(そん)をするのだ。
      Risoku nado o torō to suru kara, kaette ōkii son o suru no da.
      Once you take interest and so on into account, you actually end up losing a lot.

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

利息

  1. chữ Hán form of lợi tức.