HSK 6 · Money

收益 shōuyì “earnings” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 收益 means

  1. earnings
  2. income
  3. profit

How to say 收益

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale收shōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale益yì4th tone, falling

收益 in a sentence

  1. 他们在这次的投资中得到百分之八的收益。

    Tāmen zài zhè cì de tóuzī zhōng dédào bǎifēnzhī bā de shōuyì.

    They got an 8 per cent return on this investment.

    Sentence #1225662 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 企业第一季度收益大幅增长。

    Qǐyè dìyī jìdù shōuyì dàfú zēngzhǎng.

    Company earnings rose sharply in the first quarter.

    Sentence #380727 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 收益 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 收 (shōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
收shōuto receive
  • 丩to connect · jiūSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 丩 (jiū) hints at the sound. Compare it with shōu.

The character 益 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
益yìbenefit
  • 水water · shuǐ
  • 皿dish · mǐn

How to write 收益

收 6 strokes · 益 10 strokes

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

Words related to 收益

Words with 收

收到shōudào · to receive收shōu · to receive收拾shōushi · to put in order收入shōurù · income吸收xīshōu · to absorb收据shōujù · receipt收获shōuhuò · harvest收藏shōucáng · to collect收缩shōusuō · to shrink验收yànshōu · to check and accept

Words with 益

利益lìyì · benefit效益xiàoyì · benefit日益rìyì · increasingly精益求精jīngyìqiújīng · to strive for perfection

More words: Money & Economy

贫困pínkùn · poor商标shāngbiāo · trademark盛产shèngchǎn · to be rich in实惠shíhuì · good value数额shù'é · amount衰退shuāituì · to decline摊tān · stall停滞tíngzhì · to stagnate

FAQs

收益 (shōuyì) means “earnings” or “income”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shōuyì: shōu with a 1st tone, then yì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 收益 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shouyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 收益 from the suggestions. Typing shouyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
收益 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.