利

lì

HSK 3.0 Level 6

Definitions

1. sharp
2. favorable
3. advantage
4. benefit
5. profit
6. interest
7. to do good to
8. to benefit

Example Sentences

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我來自義大 利 ，會說義大 利 文。

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Words Containing 利

• 哥利亚 gē lì yà: Goliath
• 以利亚撒 yǐ lì yà sā: Eleazar (son of Eluid)
• 利于 lì yú: to be beneficial
• 利刃 lì rèn: sharp blade
• 复利 fù lì: compound interest
• 暴利 bào lì: sudden huge profits
• 利息率 lì xi lǜ: interest rate
• 锐利 ruì lì: sharp
• 哈克贝利·芬历险记 hā kè bèi lì · fēn lì xiǎn jì: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫|马克·吐温[mǎ kè · tǔ wēn]
• 卡斯蒂利亚·莱昂 kǎ sī dì lì yà · lái áng: Castilla-Leon, north Spanish province
• 耶利哥 yē lì gē: Jericho (Biblical city)
• 纯利益 chún lì yì: net profit
• 维多利亚女王 wéi duō lì yà nǚ wáng: Queen Victoria (reigned 1837-1901)
• 米利班德 mǐ lì bān dé: Milliband (name)
• 实利 shí lì: advantage
• 利市 lì shì: business profit
• 有利有弊 yǒu lì yǒu bì: to have both advantages and disadvantages
• 伊利湖 yī lì hú: Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[wǔ dà hú]
• 工欲善其事，必先利其器 gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì: To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
• 利害关系 lì hài guān xi: stake
• 阿尔及利亚人 ā ěr jí lì yà rén: Algerian
• 伯里克利 bó lǐ kè lì: Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war
• 伊比利亚 yī bǐ lì yà: Iberia
• 利益集团 lì yì jí tuán: interest group
• 博德利图书馆 bó dé lì tú shū guǎn: Bodleian Library (Oxford)
• 夏利 xià lì: Xiali, car brand by Tianjin FAW Xiali Motor Company
• 加利福尼亚 jiā lì fú ní yà: California
• 伊利格瑞 yī lì gé ruì: Luce Irigaray (1930-), French psychoanalyst and feminist
• 马利基 mǎ lì jī: Maliki or Al-Maliki (name)
• 战利品 zhàn lì pǐn: spoils of war
• 代利斯 dài lì sī: Dallys, Algerian seaport and naval base
• 三得利 sān dé lì: Suntory, Japanese beverage company
• 韦利 wéi lì: Waley or Whaley (name)
• 专利药品 zhuān lì yào pǐn: patent drugs
• 大久保利通 dà jiǔ bǎo lì tōng: Oukubo Toshimichi (1830-1878), Japanese politician
• 福利 fú lì: material benefit
• 天时地利人和 tiān shí dì lì rén hé: the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom); a good time to go to war
• 亚利桑那 yà lì sāng nà: Arizona
• 修水利 xiū shuǐ lì: water conservancy
• 巴利 bā lì: Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon
• 利润 lì rùn: profits
• 无利 wú lì: no profit
• 意大利人 yì dà lì rén: Italian person
• 英吉利海峡 yīng jí lì hǎi xiá: English Channel
• 利未记 lì wèi jì: Book of Leviticus
• 亚利桑那州 yà lì sāng nà zhōu: Arizona
• 名利场 míng lì chǎng: Vanity Fair (novel and magazine title)
• 净利 jìng lì: net profit
• 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì: great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving
• 水利部 shuǐ lì bù: Ministry of Water Resources (PRC)
• 舍利子 shè lì zi: ashes after cremation
• 有利于 yǒu lì yú: to be advantageous to; to be beneficial for
• 伊利诺 yī lì nuò: Illinois, US state
• 利己 lì jǐ: personal profit
• 歌利亚 gē lì yà: Goliath
• 足利义政 zú lì yì zhèng: ASHIKAGA Yoshimasa (1435-1490), eighth Ashikaga shōgun, reigned 1449-1473
• 澳大利亚联邦 ào dà lì yà lián bāng: Commonwealth of Australia
• 利多卡因 lì duō kǎ yīn: lidocaine (loanword)
• 汽车夏利股份有限公司 qì chē xià lì gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sī: Tianjin FAW Xiali Motor Company, Ltd., established 1997
• 朱利安 zhū lì ān: Julian or Julien (name)
• 大利拉 dà lì lā: Delilah (person name)
• 哈利路亚 hā lì lù yà: hallelujah (loanword)
• 功利 gōng lì: utility
• 安利 ān lì: Amway (brand)
• 耶利米哀歌 yē lì mǐ āi gē: the Lamentations of Jeremiah
• 获利 huò lì: profit
• 牟取暴利 móu qǔ bào lì: to profiteer
• 利欲熏心 lì yù xūn xīn: blinded by greed (idiom)
• 亚利桑纳州 yà lì sāng nà zhōu: state of Arizona
• 马利亚 mǎ lì yà: Maria (name)
• 杨利伟 yáng lì wěi: Yang Liwei (1965-), astronaut, first Chinese citizen in space
• 斯坦利 sī tǎn lì: Stanley (name)
• 奥地利 ào dì lì: Austria
• 利他行为 lì tā xíng wéi: altruistic behavior
• 毛利人 máo lì rén: Maori, indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
• 利欲心 lì yù xīn: cupidity
• 利令智昏 lì lìng zhì hūn: to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)
• 匈牙利语 xiōng yá lì yǔ: Hungarian language
• 费利克斯 fèi lì kè sī: Felix
• 创利 chuàng lì: to make a profit
• 利害关系方 lì hài guān xi fāng: interested party
• 既得利益 jì dé lì yì: vested interest
• 矮脚白花蛇利草 ǎi jiǎo bái huā shé lì cǎo: see 白花蛇舌草[bái huā shé shé cǎo]
• 利害 lì hai: terrible
• 权利声明 quán lì shēng míng: copyright statement
• 茨欣瓦利 cí xīn wǎ lì: Tskhinvali, capital of South Osetia
• 抗利尿激素 kàng lì niào jī sù: vasopressin (biochemistry)
• 以利于 yǐ lì yú: for the sake of
• 域多利皇后 yù duō lì huáng hòu: Queen Victoria (1819-1901), reigned 1837-1901
• 哈利·波特 hā lì · bō tè: Harry Potter, boy wizard in the novels by J.K. Rowling 羅琳|罗琳
• 非营利 fēi yíng lì: nonprofit
• 加利西亚 jiā lì xī yà: Galicia, province and former kingdom of northwest Spain
• 非利士地 fēi lì shì dì: Philistia, aka the Land of the Philistines
• 爱莫利维尔 ài mò lì wéi ěr: Emeryville, city on San Fransico Bay, California
• 沙利度胺 shā lì dù àn: thalidomide
• 尖利 jiān lì: sharp
• 利基 lì jī: asset that gives a competitive advantage
• 伯利兹 bó lì zī: Belize
• 马利亚纳海沟 mǎ lì yà nà hǎi gōu: Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)
• 塔那那利佛 tǎ nà nà lì fó: Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar
• 名利 míng lì: fame and profit
• 非营利组织 fēi yíng lì zǔ zhī: nonprofit organization
• 利他林 lì tā lín: Ritalin (brand name)
• 损人利己 sǔn rén lì jǐ: harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others
• 地利 dì lì: favorable location
• 利是 lì shì: see 利事[lì shì]
• 毛利 máo lì: gross profit
• 澳大利亚洲 ào dà lì yà zhōu: Australia
• 普利司通 pǔ lì sī tōng: Bridgestone (tire company)
• 威利 wēi lì: Wylie (name)
• 利用 lì yòng: to exploit
• 亚比利尼 yà bǐ lì ní: Abilene
• 连本带利 lián běn dài lì: both principal and interest
• 卡利多尼亚 kǎ lì duō ní yà: Caledonia
• 莫利森 mò lì sēn: Morrison (name)
• 舍利子塔 shè lì zi tǎ: stupa with Buddhist relics
• 英吉利 yīng jí lì: England (historical loan, from English)
• 黎利 lí lì: Le Loi, Vietnamese general and emperor who won back independence for Vietnam from China in 1428
• 叙利亚 xù lì yà: Syria
• 利玛窦 lì mǎ dòu: Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
• 非盈利 fēi yíng lì: nonprofit
• 普利策奖 pǔ lì cè jiǎng: Pulitzer Prize
• 利率 lì lǜ: interest rates
• 不当得利 bù dàng dé lì: unjust enrichment
• 舍利 shè lì: ashes after cremation
• 利辛 lì xīn: Lixin county in Bozhou 亳州[bó zhōu], Anhui
• 最佳利益 zuì jiā lì yì: best interests
• 圣母玛利亚 shèng mǔ mǎ lì yà: Mary (mother of Jesus)
• 儿童权利公约 ér tóng quán lì gōng yuē: Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
• 灵利 líng lì: clever
• 美利坚治世 měi lì jiān zhì shì: Pax Americana
• 尤利西斯 yóu lì xī sī: Ulysses (novel)
• 切尔诺贝利 qiē ěr nuò bèi lì: Chernobyl
• 利雅得 lì yǎ dé: Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia
• 耶利米书 yē lì mǐ shū: Book of Jeremiah
• 锋利 fēng lì: sharp (e.g. knife blade)
• 利勒哈默尔 lì lè hā mò ěr: Lillehammer (city in Norway)
• 自私自利 zì sī zì lì: everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others
• 福利院 fú lì yuàn: welfare agency
• 基本利率 jī běn lì lǜ: base rate (e.g. interest rate set by central bank)
• 勃利 bó lì: Boli county in Qitaihe 七台河[qī tái hé], Heilongjiang
• 伯利恒 bó lì héng: Bethlehem (in the biblical nativity story)
• 利贴 lì tiē: Post-It note (3M trademark)
• 实利主义 shí lì zhǔ yì: utilitarianism
• 胜利在望 shèng lì zài wàng: victory is in sight
• 抛补套利 pāo bǔ tào lì: covered arbitrage
• 朱利娅 zhū lì yà: Julia (name)
• 财利 cái lì: wealth and profit
• 俾利 bǐ lì: to facilitate
• 利禄 lì lù: wealth and official post
• 蒙彼利埃 méng bǐ lì āi: Montpellier (French town)
• 薄利 bó lì: small profits
• 鲍勃·马利 bào bó · mǎ lì: Bob Marley (1945-1981), Jamaican reggae musician and activist
• 卡利卡特 kǎ lì kǎ tè: Calicut, town on Arabian sea in Kerala, India
• 干脆利索 gān cuì lì suo: see 乾脆利落|干脆利落[gān cuì lì luo]
• 威逼利诱 wēi bī lì yòu: to make threats and promises
• 培里克利斯 péi lǐ kè lì sī: Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war
• 阿尔及利亚 ā ěr jí lì yà: Algeria
• 重利 zhòng lì: high interest
• 澳大利亚国立大学 ào dà lì yà guó lì dà xué: Australian National University (ANU), Canberra
• 便利 biàn lì: convenient
• 吉利区 jí lì qū: Jili district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市 in Henan province 河南
• 利爪 lì zhǎo: sharp claw
• 亨利五世 hēng lì wǔ shì: Henry V (1387-1422), English warrior king, victor of Agincourt
• 撒迦利亚 sā jiā lì yà: Zechariah (name)
• 利好 lì hǎo: favorable
• 非利士人 fēi lì shì rén: the Philistines, who settled on the southern coast of Palestine in the 12th century BC
• 利剑 lì jiàn: sharp sword
• 套利 tào lì: arbitrage
• 不吉利 bù jí lì: ominous
• 塔利班 tǎ lì bān: the Taliban, Islamist organization that emerged in the mid-1990s in Afghanistan
• 利弊 lì bì: pros and cons
• 亚美利加 yà měi lì jiā: America
• 监利县 jiān lì xiàn: Jianli county in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州[jīng zhōu], Hubei
• 巴伐利亚 bā fá lì yà: Bavaria
• 势利眼 shì lì yǎn: to be self-interested
• 飞利浦 fēi lì pǔ: Philips (company)
• 匈牙利 xiōng yá lì: Hungary
• 瑞利准则 ruì lì zhǔn zé: Rayleigh criterion (optics)
• 哈利迪亚 hā lì dí yà: Habbaniyah (Iraqi city)
• 百利甜 bǎi lì tián: Baileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink)
• 专利法 zhuān lì fǎ: patent law
• 卡斯蒂利亚 kǎ sī dì lì yà: modern Spanish provinces of Castilla-Leon and Castilla-La Mancha
• 龙利叶 lóng lì yè: Sauropus spatulifolius Beille (shrub of the Euphorbiaceae family)
• 社会公共利益 shè huì gōng gòng lì yì: public interest
• 比利 bǐ lì: Pelé (1940-), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star
• 利川 lì chuān: Lichuan, county-level city in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[ēn shī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Hubei
• 撒马利亚 sā mǎ lì yà: Samaria
• 同蒙其利 tóng méng qí lì: to both benefit
• 地利人和 dì lì rén hé: favorable geographical and social conditions (idiom); good location and the people satisfied
• 本利 běn lì: principal and interest
• 利奈唑胺 lì nài zuò àn: Linezolid, a synthetic antibiotic
• 墨丘利 mò qiū lì: Mercury (Roman god)
• 便利店 biàn lì diàn: convenience store
• 因势利导 yīn shì lì dǎo: to take advantage of the new situation (idiom)
• 水利家 shuǐ lì jiā: water manager
• 利国利民 lì guó lì mín: to benefit both the country and the people
• 维多利亚湖 wéi duō lì yà hú: Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza, Kenya, on the White Nile
• 利什曼病 lì shí màn bìng: leishmaniasis (medicine)
• 亚美利加洲 yà měi lì jiā zhōu: America
• 格列高利历 gé liè gāo lì lì: Gregorian calendar
• 私利 sī lì: personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest
• 匝加利亚 zā jiā lì yà: Zechariah
• 利维坦 lì wéi tǎn: leviathan (loanword)
• 佛舍利 fó shè lì: ashes of cremated Buddha
• 澳大利亚首都特区 ào dà lì yà shǒu dū tè qū: Australian Capital Territory
• 撒迦利亚书 sā jiā lì yà shū: Book of Zechariah
• 承销利差 chéng xiāo lì chā: underwriting spread
• 克利斯朵夫 kè lì sī duǒ fū: Christopher (name)
• 叶利钦 yè lì qīn: Yeltsin (name)
• 利马 lì mǎ: Lima, capital of Peru
• 卡利科 kǎ lì kē: calico (woven cloth from Caldicot, Kerala, India)
• 高利 gāo lì: high interest rate
• 托利党 tuō lì dǎng: Tory Party
• 利他灵 lì tā líng: Ritalin (brand name)
• 利他能 lì tā néng: Ritalin (brand name)
• 利比里亚 lì bǐ lǐ yà: Liberia
• 第比利斯 dì bì lì sī: T'bilisi, capital of Georgia 格魯吉亞|格鲁吉亚[gé lǔ jí yà]
• 阿非利加 ā fēi lì jiā: Africa
• 自身利益 zì shēn lì yì: one's own interests
• 名利双收 míng lì shuāng shōu: both fame and fortune (idiom)
• 波利尼西亚 bō lì ní xī yà: Polynesia
• 利刀 lì dāo: sharp knife
• 利通区 lì tōng qū: Litong district of Wuzhong city 吳忠市|吴忠市[wú zhōng shì], Ningxia
• 利眠宁 lì mián níng: chlordiazepoxide
• 法拉利 fǎ lā lì: Ferrari
• 巴西利亚 bā xī lì yà: Brasilia, capital of Brazil
• 功利主义 gōng lì zhǔ yì: utilitarianism
• 威利斯 wēi lì sī: Willis (name)
• 美利奴羊 měi lì nú yáng: merino (breed of sheep)
• 势利小人 shì li xiǎo rén: snob
• 水利 shuǐ lì: water conservancy
• 维多利亚港 wéi duō lì yà gǎng: Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong
• 股利 gǔ lì: dividend
• 腓利门书 féi lì mén shū: Epistle of St Paul to Philemon
• 利率 lì lǜ: interest rates
• 重利轻义 zhòng lì qīng yì: to value material gain over righteousness
• 犀利 xī lì: sharp
• 利川市 lì chuān shì: Lichuan, county-level city in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[ēn shī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Hubei
• 利器 lì qì: sharp weapon
• 欲善其事，必先利其器 yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì: To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
• 加利福尼亚大学 jiā lì fú ní yà dà xué: University of California
• 仁言利博 rén yán lì bó: Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all.
• 文殊师利菩萨 wén shū shī lì pú sà: Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
• 低利贷款 dī lì dài kuǎn: low interest loan
• 重义轻利 zhòng yì qīng lì: to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)
• 班伯利 bān bó lì: Bunbury, coastal city in Western Australia
• 足利义满 zú lì yì mǎn: ASHIKAGA Yoshimitsu (1358-1408), third Ashikaga shogun, reigned 1368-1394
• 克利夫兰 kè lì fū lán: Cleveland
• 红利股票 hóng lì gǔ piào: scrip shares (issued as dividend payment)
• 澳大利亚 ào dà lì yà: Australia
• 以马内利 yǐ mǎ nèi lì: Emanuel; Immanuel (name)
• 经济社会及文化权利国际公约 jīng jì shè huì jí wén huà quán lì guó jì gōng yuē: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
• 巴利文 bā lì wén: Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon
• 利纳克斯 lì nà kè sī: Linux (operating systems)
• 义大利 yì dà lì: Italian
• 基加利 jī jiā lì: Kigali, capital of Rwanda
• 利害关系人 lì hài guān xi rén: interested party
• 瓦利 wǎ lì: Váli (son of Odin)
• 利手 lì shǒu: dominant hand
• 士丹利 shì dān lì: Stanley (name)
• 因利乘便 yīn lì chéng biàn: (idiom) to rely on the most favorable method
• 印第安纳波利斯 yìn dì ān nà bō lì sī: Indianapolis, Indiana
• 利马索尔 lì mǎ suǒ ěr: Limassol, Cyprus
• 权利要求 quán lì yāo qiú: claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
• 保加利亚 bǎo jiā lì yà: Bulgaria
• 保利科技有限公司 bǎo lì kē jì yǒu xiàn gōng sī: Poly Technologies (defense manufacturing company)
• 水利工程 shuǐ lì gōng chéng: hydraulic engineering
• 牟利 móu lì: to gain profit (by underhand means)
• 迪斯雷利 dí sī léi lì: Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British conservative politician and novelist, prime minister 1868-1880
• 权衡利弊 quán héng lì bì: to weigh the pros and cons (idiom)
• 便利性 biàn lì xìng: convenience
• 阿利坎特 ā lì kǎn tè: Alicante
• 爽利 shuǎng lì: efficient
• 暴利税 bào lì shuì: windfall profit tax
• 雪利酒 xuě lì jiǔ: sherry (loanword)
• 营利 yíng lì: for profit
• 利得 lì dé: profit
• 利马窦 lì mǎ dòu: Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
• 加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校 jiā lì fú ní yà dà xué luò shān jī fēn xiào: UCLA
• 平利县 píng lì xiàn: Pingli County in Ankang 安康[ān kāng], Shaanxi
• 专利权 zhuān lì quán: patent right
• 氟利昂 fú lì áng: freon (chemistry)
• 指数套利 zhǐ shù tào lì: index arbitrage
• 叙利亚文 xù lì yà wén: Syriac language (from c. 2nd century BC)
• 意大利面 yì dà lì miàn: spaghetti
• 贝利卡登 bèi lì kǎ dēng: Ballycotton (Irish: Baile Choitín), village near Cork
• 比勒陀利亚 bǐ lè tuó lì yà: Pretoria, capital of South Africa
• 浮利 fú lì: mere worldly, superficial gain, such as wealth and fame
• 维多利亚瀑布 wéi duō lì yà pù bù: Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya on the Zambesi River, between Zambia and Zimbabwe
• 大卫·米利班德 dà wèi · mǐ lì bān dé: David Miliband (1965-), UK politician
• 权利 quán lì: right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
• 非赢利组织 fēi yíng lì zǔ zhī: not-for-profit organization
• 共同利益 gòng tóng lì yì: common interest
• 土地利用规划 tǔ dì lì yòng guī huà: land use plan (official P.R.C. government term)
• 耶利米 yē lì mǐ: Jeremy or Jeremiah (name)
• 名缰利锁 míng jiāng lì suǒ: lit. fettered by fame and locked up by riches (idiom); tied down by reputation and wealth
• 摩根士丹利 mó gēn shì dān lì: Morgan Stanley (financial services company)
• 苏必利尔湖 sū bì lì ěr hú: Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[wǔ dà hú]
• 坐收渔利 zuò shōu yú lì: benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
• 达德利 dá dé lì: Dudley (name)
• 互利 hù lì: mutually beneficial
• 格里高利 gé lǐ gāo lì: Gregory or Grigory (name)
• 低利 dī lì: low interest
• 福利事业 fú lì shì yè: welfare services
• 套利者 tào lì zhě: arbitrager
• 红利 hóng lì: bonus; dividend
• 伽利略·伽利雷 jiā lì lüe4 · jiā lì léi: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
• 福利政策 fú lì zhèng cè: welfare policy
• 监利 jiān lì: Jianli county in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州[jīng zhōu], Hubei
• 谋利 móu lì: to make a profit
• 顺利 shùn lì: smoothly; without a hitch
• 慈利县 cí lì xiàn: Cili county in Zhangjiajie 張家界|张家界[zhāng jiā jiè], Hunan
• 加那利群岛 jiā nà lì qún dǎo: Canary Islands
• 野格利口酒 yě gé lì kǒu jiǔ: Jägermeister (alcoholic drink)
• 赢利 yíng lì: gain
• 新西伯利亚 xīn xī bó lì yà: Novosibirsk (city in Russia)
• 利古里亚 lì gǔ lǐ yà: Liguria, northwest Italy
• 有百害而无一利 yǒu bǎi hài ér wú yī lì: having no advantage whatsoever
• 斯普利特 sī pǔ lì tè: Split (city in Croatia)
• 杨建利 yáng jiàn lì: Yang JianLi, PRC human rights activist
• 玛利亚 mǎ lì yà: Mary (biblical name)
• 专利局 zhuān lì jú: patent office
• 一本万利 yī běn wàn lì: small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
• 亚利安娜 yà lì ān nà: Ariane (French space rocket)
• 智利 zhì lì: Chile
• 成败利钝 chéng bài lì dùn: succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages
• 慈利 cí lì: Cili county in Zhangjiajie 張家界|张家界[zhāng jiā jiè], Hunan
• 利润率 lì rùn lǜ: profit margin
• 利尿 lì niào: to promote urination
• 利益输送 lì yì shū sòng: to make use of one's position to gain profit for oneself or one's associates
• 维多利亚 wéi duō lì yà: Victoria (name)
• 超额利润 chāo é lì rùn: superprofit
• 垦利 kěn lì: Kenli District in Dongying 東營|东营[dōng yíng], Shandong
• 无往不利 wú wǎng bù lì: to be successful in every endeavor
• 伊利诺伊州 yī lì nuò yī zhōu: Illinois, US state
• 亨利·哈德逊 hēng lì · hā dé xùn: Henry Hudson (?-1611?), English explorer and navigator
• 大加那利岛 dà jiā nà lì dǎo: Gran Canaria (in the Canary Islands)
• 利伯曼 lì bó màn: Liberman, Lieberman or Liebermann (name)
• 奥利给 ào lì gěi: (neologism c. 2020) come on, you can do it!
• 利息 lì xī: interest (on a loan)
• 尤利娅·季莫申科 yóu lì yà · jì mò shēn kē: Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
• 柏蒂切利 bó dì qiè lì: Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) Italian painter of the Florentine school
• 利己主义 lì jǐ zhǔ yì: egoism
• 新西伯利亚市 xīn xī bó lì yà shì: Novosibirsk, city in Russia
• 平等互利 píng děng hù lì: mutual benefit
• 公民权利 gōng mín quán lì: civil rights
• 急功近利 jí gōng jìn lì: seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
• 兴利除弊 xīng lì chú bì: to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom)
• 百利甜酒 bǎi lì tián jiǔ: Baileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink)
• 凯利 kǎi lì: Kelly (person name)
• 罗利 luó lì: Raleigh, capital of North Carolina
• 利他 lì tā: to benefit others
• 普罗列塔利亚 pǔ luó liè tǎ lì yà: proletariat (loanword)
• 利诱 lì yòu: to use gain as a lure
• 盈利 yíng lì: profit
• 意大利 yì dà lì: Italy
• 海伯利 hǎi bó lì: Highbury (name)
• 南澳大利亚州 nán ào dà lì yà zhōu: South Australia, Australian state
• 奥利奥 ào lì ào: Oreo cookies
• 唯利是图 wéi lì shì tú: (idiom) to be bent solely on profit; to put profit before everything else
• 哈利 hā lì: Harry
• 功名利禄 gōng míng lì lù: position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
• 有百利而无一弊 yǒu bǎi lì ér wú yī bì: to have many advantages and no disadvantages
• 利兹 lì zī: Leeds
• 国防利益 guó fáng lì yì: (national) defense interests
• 吉利 jí lì: Geely, Chinese car make
• 利津 lì jīn: Lijin county in Dongying 東營|东营[dōng yíng], Shandong
• 朱利亚尼 zhū lì yà ní: Giuliani (name)
• 便民利民 biàn mín lì mín: for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
• 美利坚合众国 měi lì jiān hé zhòng guó: United States of America
• 有害无利 yǒu hài wú lì: harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good
• 以利亚敬 yǐ lì yà jìng: Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up)
• 胜利者 shèng lì zhě: victor
• 利事 lì shì: (Cantonese) same as 紅包|红包[hóng bāo]
• 再利用 zài lì yòng: to reuse
• 专利 zhuān lì: patent
• 伯克利 bó kè lì: Berkeley
• 意大利直面 yì dà lì zhí miàn: spaghetti
• 利比亚 lì bǐ yà: Libya
• 赫拉克利特 hè lā kè lì tè: Heraclitus (535-475 BC), pre-Socratic philosopher
• 利落 lì luo: agile
• 伽利略 jiā lì lüe4: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
• 哈利法克斯 hā lì fǎ kè sī: Halifax (name)
• 利津县 lì jīn xiàn: Lijin county in Dongying 東營|东营[dōng yíng], Shandong
• 斯普拉特利群岛 sī pǔ lā tè lì qún dǎo: Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
• 高利贷 gāo lì dài: loan shark
• 帕利基尔 pà lì jī ěr: Palikir, capital of the Federated States of Micronesia
• 蒙特利尔 méng tè lì ěr: Montreal, city in Quebec, Canada
• 获利回吐 huò lì huí tǔ: (finance) profit-taking
• 利尿剂 lì niào jì: diuretic
• 利权 lì quán: economic rights (e.g. of a state monopoly)
• 平利 píng lì: Pingli County in Ankang 安康[ān kāng], Shaanxi
• 比佛利山 bǐ fó lì shān: Beverly Hills
• 卡利亚里 kǎ lì yà lǐ: Cagliari, Sardinia
• 利禄薰心 lì lù xūn xīn: to be eager for wealth and emolument (idiom)
• 利索 lì suo: nimble
• 金伯利岩 jīn bó lì yán: Kimberlite (geology)
• 净利润 jìng lì rùn: net profit
• 利乐包 lì lè bāo: carton (e.g. for milk or juice)
• 意大利青瓜 yì dà lì qīng guā: zucchini
• 加利肋亚 jiā lì lèi yà: Galilee (in biblical Palestine)
• 利口酒 lì kǒu jiǔ: liquor (loanword)
• 西伯利亚 xī bó lì yà: Siberia
• 伊利埃斯库 yī lì āi sī kù: Iliescu
• 纯利 chún lì: net profit
• 加利利 jiā lì lì: Galilee (in biblical Palestine)
• 利宾纳 lì bīn nà: Ribena
• 利欲 lì yù: cupidity
• 西澳大利亚 xī ào dà lì yà: Western Australia, Australian state
• 吉百利 jí bǎi lì: Cadbury (name)
• 奥利维亚 ào lì wéi yà: Olivia (name)
• 见利忘义 jiàn lì wàng yì: lit. to see profit and forget morality (idiom)
• 发行红利股 fā xíng hóng lì gǔ: a bonus issue (a form of dividend payment)
• 殖利 zhí lì: to generate a profit
• 便利贴 biàn lì tiē: sticky note
• 吉利服 jí lì fú: ghillie suit (loanword)
• 宾利 bīn lì: Bentley
• 奥利安 ào lì ān: Orion (constellation, loan word)
• 流利 liú lì: fluent
• 伊利诺伊 yī lì nuò yī: Illinois, US state
• 阿斯利康 ā sī lì kāng: AstraZeneca (British-Swedish pharmaceutical company)
• 特利 tè lì: (name) Terry
• 返利 fǎn lì: dealer incentive
• 埃德·米利班德 āi dé · mǐ lì bān dé: Ed Milliband, UK labor politician, opposition leader from 2010
• 淡泊名利 dàn bó míng lì: not caring about fame and fortune (idiom)
• 法利赛人 fǎ lì sài rén: Pharisee
• 维多利亚岛 wéi duō lì yà dǎo: Victoria Island
• 玻利尼西亚 bō lì ní xī yà: Polynesia
• 利得税 lì dé shuì: profit tax
• 利钱 lì qián: interest (on a loan etc)
• 维多利亚公园 wéi duō lì yà gōng yuán: Victoria Park, Hong Kong
• 不知利害 bù zhī lì hài: see 不知好歹[bù zhī hǎo dǎi]
• 有利可图 yǒu lì kě tú: profitable
• 公民权利和政治权利国际公约 gōng mín quán lì hé zhèng zhì quán lì guó jì gōng yuē: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
• 维多利亚州 wéi duō lì yà zhōu: Victoria, southeastern Australian state
• 取得胜利 qǔ dé shèng lì: to prevail
• 伊利亚特 yī lì yà tè: Homer's Iliad
• 有利 yǒu lì: advantageous; favorable
• 多利 duō lì: Dolly (1996-2003), female sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell
• 利益 lì yì: benefit
• 布宜诺斯艾利斯 bù yí nuò sī ài lì sī: Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina
• 巴耶利巴 bā yē lì bā: Paya Lebar, a place in Singapore
• 尤加利 yóu jiā lì: eucalyptus (loanword)
• 瓦利斯和富图纳 wǎ lì sī hé fù tú nà: Wallis and Futuna (French island collectivity in the South Pacific)
• 福利品 fú lì pǐn: reconditioned or showroom item
• 利害攸关 lì hài yōu guān: to be of vital interest
• 科利奥兰纳斯 kē lì ào lán nà sī: Coriolanus, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
• 舍利塔 shè lì tǎ: stupa
• 杰利蝾螈 jié lì róng yuán: gerrymander (loanword)
• 安纳托利亚 ān nà tuō lì yà: Anatolia
• 失利 shī lì: to lose
• 安纳波利斯 ān nà bō lì sī: Annapolis (place name)
• 加利福尼亚理工学院 jiā lì fú ní yà lǐ gōng xué yuàn: California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
• 美利坚 měi lì jiān: America
• 亨利 hēng lì: Henry (name)
• 非盈利的组织 fēi yíng lì de zǔ zhī: nonprofit organization
• 胜利 shèng lì: victory
• 无利不起早 wú lì bù qǐ zǎo: (saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so
• 意大利语 yì dà lì yǔ: Italian (language)
• 埃利斯岛 āi lì sī dǎo: Ellis Island
• 西澳大利亚州 xī ào dà lì yà zhōu: Western Australia, Australian state
• 干净利落 gān jìng lì luo: squeaky clean
• 玻利维亚 bō lì wéi yà: Bolivia
• 埃尔维斯·普雷斯利 āi ěr wéi sī · pǔ léi sī lì: Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star
• 流年不利 liú nián bù lì: the year's horoscope augurs ill (idiom); an unlucky year
• 利辛县 lì xīn xiàn: Lixin county in Bozhou 亳州[bó zhōu], Anhui
• 有百利而无一害 yǒu bǎi lì ér wú yī hài: to have many advantages and no disadvantages
• 人民基本权利 rén mín jī běn quán lì: fundamental civil rights
• 利他主义 lì tā zhǔ yì: altruism
• 伊比利亚半岛 yī bǐ lì yà bàn dǎo: Iberian Peninsula
• 薄利多销 bó lì duō xiāo: small profit but rapid turnover
• 加利福尼亚州 jiā lì fú ní yà zhōu: California
• 明尼阿波利斯 míng ní ā bō lì sī: Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota
• 哈利伯顿 hā lì bó dùn: Halliburton (US construction company)
• 损人不利己 sǔn rén bù lì jǐ: to harm others without benefiting oneself (idiom)
• 卡斯特利翁 kǎ sī tè lì wēng: Castellón
• 争名夺利 zhēng míng duó lì: to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth
• 苯环利定 běn huán lì dìng: phencyclidine (PCP)
• 利物浦 lì wù pǔ: Liverpool (England)
• 人民利益 rén mín lì yì: interests of the people
• 非盈利组织 fēi yíng lì zǔ zhī: nonprofit organization
• 趋利避害 qū lì bì hài: (idiom) to make the most of the benefits while avoiding adverse effects
• 伊利诺州 yī lì nuò zhōu: Illinois, US state
• 萨卡什维利 sà kǎ shí wéi lì: Mikheil Saakashvili (1967-), Georgian politician, president of Georgia 2004-2013
• 托里拆利 tuō lǐ chāi lì: Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo
• 人口红利 rén kǒu hóng lì: (economics) demographic dividend
• 违利赴名 wéi lì fù míng: to renounce profit and seek fame (idiom); to abandon greed for reputation
• 马利筋 mǎ lì jīn: tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)
• 马利亚纳群岛 mǎ lì yà nà qún dǎo: Mariana Islands in the Pacific
• 降低利率 jiàng dī lì lǜ: to reduce interest rates
• 比利时 bǐ lì shí: Belgium
• 夏洛特阿马利亚 xià luò tè ā mǎ lì yà: Charlotte Amalie, capital of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
• 见利思义 jiàn lì sī yì: to see profit and remember morality (idiom); to act ethically
• 法属波利尼西亚 fǎ shǔ bō lì ní xī yà: French Polynesia
• 塞拉利昂 sài lā lì áng: Sierra Leone
• 足利义稙 zú lì yì zhí: Ashikaga Yoshitane (1466-1523), Japanese Muromachi shogun 1490-93
• 西伯利亚银鸥 xī bó lì yà yín ōu: (bird species of China) Vega gull (Larus vegae)
• 利害冲突 lì hài chōng tū: conflict of interest
• 利伯维尔 lì bó wéi ěr: Libreville, capital of Gabon
• 普利茅斯 pǔ lì máo sī: Plymouth
• 势利 shì lì: snobbish
• 利默里克 lì mò lǐ kè: Limerick, Ireland
• 杜瓦利埃 dù wǎ lì āi: Duvalier (name)
• 雅利安 yǎ lì ān: Aryan
• 麻利 má li: swift
• 获暴利者 huò bào lì zhě: profiteer
• 摊薄后每股盈利 tān bó hòu měi gǔ yíng lì: diluted earnings per share
• 昂利 áng lì: Henri (name)
• 左右共利 zuǒ yòu gòng lì: ambidextrous
• 利隆圭 lì lóng guī: Lilongwe, capital of Malawi
• 不利 bù lì: unfavorable
• 短视近利 duǎn shì jìn lì: to be focused on short-term gain
• 利害 lì hài: pros and cons
• 尼日利亚 ní rì lì yà: Nigeria
• 勃利县 bó lì xiàn: Boli county in Qitaihe 七台河[qī tái hé], Heilongjiang
• 伽利略号 jiā lì lüe4 hào: Galileo, American robotic spacecraft launched to Jupiter in 1989, orbiting the planet 1995-2003
• 比利牛斯 bǐ lì niú sī: Pyrenees mountains
• 本小利微 běn xiǎo lì wēi: (of a small business) to have very little capital and very modest profits
• 比利牛斯山 bǐ lì niú sī shān: Pyrenees mountains
• 卡罗利纳 kǎ luó lì nà: Carolina (Puerto Rico)
• 垦利区 kěn lì qū: Kenli District in Dongying 東營|东营[dōng yíng], Shandong
• 权利法案 quán lì fǎ àn: bill of rights
• 争权夺利 zhēng quán duó lì: scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
• 月利 yuè lì: monthly interest
• 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利 yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lì: lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom)
• 佳利酿 jiā lì niàng: Carignan (grape type)
• 干脆利落 gān cuì lì luo: (of speech or actions) direct and efficient
• 龙利 lóng lì: sole