利害

Chinese

		advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
trad. (利害)		利	害
simp. ^#(利害)		利	害

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìhài

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶ hoi⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): li-hoi

(Hailu, HRS): li^˖ hoi^˖
Eastern Min (BUC): lê-hâi
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): li⁵ hai⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lī-hāi

(Teochew, Peng'im): li⁵ hai⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìhài
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìhài
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴-hai⁴
  - Yale: lì-hài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihhay
  - Palladius: лихай (lixaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    利害
    厲害 / 厉害
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁶ hoi⁶
  - Yale: leih hoih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶ hoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶ hoi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²² hɔːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li-hoi
  - Hakka Romanization System: li hoi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴ hoi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵ hoi̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: li^˖ hoi^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /li³³ hoi³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lê-hâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃i²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ɑi²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: li⁵ hai⁵ [Phonetic: li⁴ hai⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lī-hāi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li¹¹⁻⁴² hai¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: li⁵ hai⁵ [Phonetic: li⁴ hai⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁻⁴² hai²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-hāi
  - Tâi-lô: lī-hāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixhai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ hai²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² hai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ hai²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ hai³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ hai³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li⁵ hai⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lî hāi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hai¹¹/

Noun

利害

profits and losses
晓以利害 ― xiǎo yǐ lìhài ― warn of the possible consequences

面陳利害／面陈利害 ― miànchén lìhài ― propound on the advantages and disadvantages tête-à-tête

Derived terms

利害攸關 / 利害攸关
利害衝突 / 利害冲突 (lìhài chōngtū)
利害關係人 / 利害关系人 (lìhài guānxì rén)

Adjective

利害

alternative form of 厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài, “fierce; serious; excellent”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
利	害
り Grade: 4	がい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りがい [ríꜜgàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɾʲiɡa̠i]

Noun

利(り)害(がい) • (rigai)

profits and losses
interests

Synonyms

得失(とくしつ) (tokushitsu)

Derived terms

利害関係(りがいかんけい) (rigai kankei)