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利率 (lì lǜ) — interest rate

Definition

利率 is the interest rate itself — the percentage or figure charged or paid. 利息 is the actual interest amount of money you pay or earn.

noun
interest rate

Examples

  • 利率。
    Yín háng tiáo zhěng le cún kuǎn lì lǜ.
    The bank adjusted the deposit interest rate.
  • 利率，。
    Rú guǒ lì lǜ jì xù shàng zhǎng, mǎi fáng huì gèng nán.
    If interest rates keep rising, buying a house will become harder.
  • 利率。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī de dài kuǎn lì lǜ hěn dī.
    This company's loan interest rate is very low.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

利lìinterest
率lǜrate

利 means 'interest' and 率 means 'rate', so the word names an interest rate.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

利 combines 禾 (grain) and 刀 (knife), showing a knife used to cut grain.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

率 was drawn as a bird-catching net, with a stick above and below. In the form described, the lower horizontal stroke is missing, so the whole shape represents a rope.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9HSK 2.0 Level 6Finance & Banking

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