盈 yíng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 皿 — dish, vessel
- Made of
- 夃 皿 dish, vessel
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
盈利
yínglì
profit; profitability
Characters in this word
利 lì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 公司连续两个季度实现盈利，投资者信心明显恢复。 Gōngsī liánxù liǎng ge jìdù shíxiàn yínglì, tóuzīzhě xìnxīn míngxiǎn huīfù. The company achieved profitability for two consecutive quarters, and investor confidence clearly recovered.
- 这家小餐馆开张一年就开始盈利了。 Zhè jiā xiǎo cānguǎn kāizhāng yī nián jiù kāishǐ yínglì le. This small restaurant started making a profit just a year after opening.
- 虽然生意不错，但因为成本太高，公司始终没能盈利。 Suīrán shēngyì búcuò, dàn yīnwèi chéngběn tài gāo, gōngsī shǐzhōng méi néng yínglì. Although business was good, costs were too high, so the company never managed to turn a profit.