收益 (shōu yì) — earnings, profit (from a business or job); (investment) return, yield
Definition
收益 focuses on the return or yield gained from an investment or business activity. Compared with 利润 and 盈利 (both purely accounting profit), 收益 is broader and covers non-financial gains too; 收入 is the raw income before costs.
noun
earningsprofit (from a business or job)(investment) returnyield
Examples
- 收益。Zhè ge yuè de shōu yì bǐ shàng ge yuè gāo le hěn duō.This month's earnings are much higher than last month's.
- 收益。Tóu zī gǔ piào kě yǐ huò dé bú cuò de shōu yì.Investing in stocks can get good returns.
- 收益。Gōng sī jīn nián de shōu yì mù biāo shì zēng zhǎng bǎi fēn zhī èr shí.The company's profit target this year is to grow by twenty percent.
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