益處

Chinese

	benefit; increase	a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with
trad. (益處)	益	處
simp. (益处)	益	处
alternative forms	益處

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìchù

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄔㄨˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jik¹ cyu³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yet² cui^4*
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yit-chhu

(Hailu, HRS): rhid chu^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁵ cu⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ih⁶ cy⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ek-chhù / iak-chhìr / ek-chhì / iak--chhìr

(Teochew, Peng'im): iah⁴ cu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìchù → yìchu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄔㄨˋ → ㄧˋ ˙ㄔㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìchů
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-chʻu⁵
  - Yale: yì-chu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih.chuh
  - Palladius: ичу (iču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/ → /i⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jik¹ cyu³
  - Yale: yīk chyu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁷ tsy³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yig¹ qu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰyː³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yet² cui^4*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jet̚⁵⁵ t͡sʰui²¹⁻²¹⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-chhu
  - Hakka Romanization System: id^ˋ cu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ cu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚² t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-chhu
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id^ˋ cu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ cu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhid chu^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒit⁵⁻² t͡ʃʰu¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yid⁵ cu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚¹ t͡sʰu⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ih⁶ cy⁴ [Phonetic: ih⁷ cy⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ih-chṳ̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ t͡sʰy⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ih⁶ cy⁴ [Phonetic: ih⁷ cy⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sʰy⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ek-chhù
  - Tâi-lô: ik-tshù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ekzhux
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰu¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iak-chhìr
  - Tâi-lô: iak-tshìr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ek-chhì
  - Tâi-lô: ik-tshì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ekchix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰi²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iak--chhìr
  - Tâi-lô: iak--tshìr
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iah⁴ cu³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iah tshù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sʰu²¹³/

Noun

益處

benefit; profit; advantage
埋怨對於我們毫無益處，埋怨越多越痛苦，埋怨越少越快樂。 [MSC, trad.]
埋怨对于我们毫无益处，埋怨越多越痛苦，埋怨越少越快乐。 [MSC, simp.]
Máiyuàn duìyú wǒmen háowú yìchù, máiyuàn yuè duō yuè tòngkǔ, máiyuàn yuè shǎo yuè kuàiyuè. [Pinyin]
Complaining is of no benefit to us. The more we complain, the more painful it gets — the less we complain, the happier we feel.

Synonyms

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利益 (lìyì)
好處 / 好处
實利 / 实利 (shílì)
惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
收益 (shōuyì)
甜頭 / 甜头 (Jin)
肥 (féi) (usually derogatory)
補 / 补 (bǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
補益 / 补益 (bǔyì)
裨益 (bìyì)

Antonyms

害處／害处 (hàichù)

References

“Entry #10096”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.