利子

Chinese

		advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (利子)		利	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìzi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄗ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): li-chṳ́
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: lì-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih.tzy
  - Palladius: лицзы (liczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
  - Homophones:
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Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: li zii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴ zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-chú
  - Tâi-lô: lī-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixzuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/

Noun

利子

(historical) a kind of punishment or torture device with a horizontal beam and wheel and axle on which sentenced criminals are tied to be paraded on the streets
(finance, dated or Hakka) interest (on mortgages or savings)

Synonyms

(punishment or torture device): 木驢／木驴 (mùlǚ), 驢床／驴床
(interest):

利仔錢 / 利仔钱 (Hokkien)
利息 (lìxī)
利鈿 / 利钿 (⁶li-di) (Wu)
利錁 / 利锞 (Puxian Min)
利錢 / 利钱 (lìqián)
子金 (zǐjīn) (literary)
子錢 / 子钱 (zǐqián) (historical)
息金 (xījīn) (literary)
息錢 / 息钱 (si⁶ zienn²) (Xiang)
錢利 / 钱利 (cièng-*lé) (Eastern Min)
錢息 / 钱息 (cièng-sék) (Eastern Min)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
利	子
り Grade: 4	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りし [ríꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾʲiɕi]

Noun

利(り)子(し) • (rishi)

(finance) interest

Synonyms

利息(りそく) (risoku)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
利	子

Noun

利子 • (ija) (hangeul 이자)

hanja form^? of 이자 (“interest”)