益 yì
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 皿 — dish, vessel
- Made of
- 水 water, liquid, lotion, juice 皿 dish, vessel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
益处
yìchù
benefit, advantage
Characters in this word
处 chù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 夂 — to go
- Made of
- 夂 to go 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 适度运动对心脏和血压都有明显益处。 Shìdù yùndòng duì xīnzàng hé xuèyā dōu yǒu míngxiǎn yìchù. Moderate exercise has clear benefits for the heart and blood pressure.
- 多读书对孩子的成长有很多益处。 Duō dú shū duì háizi de chéngzhǎng yǒu hěn duō yìchù. Reading a lot has many benefits for a child's growth.
- 这个办法对大家都有益处，所以没有人反对。 Zhè ge bànfǎ duì dàjiā dōu yǒu yìchù, suǒyǐ méiyǒu rén fǎnduì. This method benefits everyone, so nobody objected.
Related words
- 利益 lìyì benefit; interest
- 收益 shōuyì profit; income
- 公益 gōngyì public welfare
- 日益 rìyì increasingly, day by day
- 得益 déyì to benefit from
- 集思广益 jísīguǎngyì to pool ideas and draw on collective wisdom
- 精益求精 jīngyìqiújīng to keep improving; to strive for perfection
- 权益 quányì rights and interests
- 受益 shòuyì to benefit; to profit from
- 受益匪浅 shòuyìfěiqiǎn to benefit greatly; to gain a great deal
- 效益 xiàoyì benefit; efficiency; effectiveness
- 到处 dàochù everywhere