HSK 6 · Society

福利 fúlì “welfare” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 福利 means

  1. welfare
  2. benefits
  3. benefit (provided by an employer or organisation)
  4. (social) welfare

How to say 福利

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale福fú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale利lì4th tone, falling

福利 in a sentence

  1. 他在福利办事处上班。

    Tā zài fúlì bànshìchù shàngbān.

    He works at the welfare office.

    Sentence #848434 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 福利 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 福 (fú) with each of its parts in a different colour
福fúgood fortune
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shìMeaning part
  • 畐to fillSound part

礻 hints at the meaning (sign); 畐 () hints at the sound. Compare it with fú.

The character 利 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
利lìsharp
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

How to write 福利

福 13 strokes · 利 7 strokes

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福利 (fúlì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 福利 (fúlì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 福利

Words with 福

幸福xìngfú · happiness祝福zhùfú · blessing福气fúqi · good fortune

Words with 利

流利liúlì · fluent顺利shùnlì · smoothly胜利shènglì · victory利用lìyòng · to make use of有利yǒulì · advantageous利益lìyì · benefit利润lìrùn · profits利息lìxī · interest (on a loan)权利quánlì · right (an entitlement)便利biànlì · convenient

More words: Society & Law

风土人情fēngtǔrénqíng · local customs and conditions分裂fēnliè · to split否决fǒujué · to veto腐败fǔbài · corrupt俘虏fúlǔ · prisoner of war复兴fùxīng · revival纲领gānglǐng · guiding principles革命gémìng · revolution

FAQs

福利 (fúlì) means “welfare” or “benefits”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fúlì: fú with a 2nd tone, then lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 福利 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fuli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 福利 from the suggestions. Typing fuli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
福利 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.