利息
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
利息 (lìxī) · interest (on money)
利息 (lìxī) means “interest (on money)”. It is written with 2 characters: 利 (gains) + 息 (rest). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 利息 is built
The characters
利 lì · gains
What 利 is made of
- 禾hé — cereal
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 刂dāo — knife
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亅 — hook
Origin hint: Harvesting 刂 grain 禾 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
息 xī · rest
What 息 is made of
- 自zì — self
- 目mù — eye
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 二 — two strokes
- 目mù — eye
- 心xīn — heart
Origin hint: To breathe (life, 心) through one's nose 自; 心 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
银行的利息不高。Yínháng de lìxī bù gāo.The bank's interest is not high.
这笔钱的利息是多少？Zhè bǐ qián de lìxī shì duōshao?How much interest does this money earn?
Questions about 利息
What does 利息 mean?
利息 (lìxī) means “interest (on money)”.
How do you pronounce 利息?
利息 is pronounced lìxī.
Which HSK level is 利息?
利息 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 流利liúlìfluent
- 顺利shùnlìsmooth
- 利用lìyòngto use
- 胜利shènglìvictory
- 有利yǒulìgood for
- 利益lìyìinterests
- 权利quánlìright (entitlement)
- 利润lìrùnprofit
- 便利biànlìconvenient
- 锋利fēnglìsharp
Learn 利息 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 73: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.