HSK 5 · Adjectives

有利 yǒulì “advantageous” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 有利 means

  1. advantageous
  2. favourable

How to say 有利

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale有yǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale利lì4th tone, falling

有利 in a sentence

  1. 环境完全对我们有利。

    Huánjìng wánquán duì wǒmen yǒulì.

    Circumstances are entirely in our favour.

    Sentence #1665568 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 做运动有利于健康。

    Zuò yùndòng yǒulì yú jiànkāng.

    Exercise is good for your health.

    Sentence #333295 from Tatoeba

  3. 证据对他有利。

    Zhèngjù duì tā yǒulì.

    The evidence was in his favour.

    Sentence #918014 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 有利 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 有 (yǒu) drawn as one shape
有yǒuto have; there is

有 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA hand holding a piece of meat 月: to have.

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 有利

有 6 strokes · 利 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 有利

Words with 有

有yǒu · to have没有méiyǒu · not to have有的yǒude · (there are) some (who are…)有些yǒuxiē · some有点儿yǒudiǎnr · slightly有时yǒushí · sometimes有意思yǒuyìsi · interesting有名yǒumíng · famous只有zhǐyǒu · only有人yǒurén · someone

Words with 利

流利liúlì · fluent顺利shùnlì · smoothly胜利shènglì · victory利用lìyòng · to make use of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锋利fēnglì · sharp (blade)

More words: Adjectives

用功yònggōng · hard-working (at study)拥挤yōngjǐ · crowded优美yōuměi · graceful悠久yōujiǔ · long-standing圆yuán · circle糟糕zāogāo · too bad窄zhǎi · narrow整齐zhěngqí · orderly

FAQs

有利 (yǒulì) means “advantageous” or “favourable”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yǒulì: yǒu with a 3rd 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. 有利 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 有利 from the suggestions. Typing youli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
有利 is an HSK 5 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.