薄利

Chinese

		thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
trad. (薄利)		薄	利
simp. ^#(薄利)		薄	利

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bólì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): po̍h-lī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bólì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bólì
  - Wade–Giles: po²-li⁴
  - Yale: bwó-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borlih
  - Palladius: боли (boli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍h-lī
  - Tâi-lô: po̍h-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poiqli
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ li²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po(ʔ)²⁴⁻² li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /po(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ li²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ li³³/

Noun

薄利

small profits

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薄	利
はく Grade: S	り Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はくり [háꜜkùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

薄(はく)利(り) • (hakuri)

little profit

Derived terms

薄利多売(はくりたばい) (hakuritabai)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN