定息

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
simp. and trad. (定息)		定	息

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìngxī, dìngxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìngxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìngsi
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴-hsi¹
    • Yale: dìng-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqshi
    • Palladius: динси (dinsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìngxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìngsí
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴-hsi²
    • Yale: dìng-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqshyi
    • Palladius: динси (dinsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/

Noun

定息

1. fixed interest; fixed rate of interest on capital

   • 在工商業的公私合營企業中，資本家還拿取定息，也就是還有剝削；就所有制這點上說，這類企業還不是完全的社會主義性質的。 [MSC, trad.]
     在工商业的公私合营企业中，资本家还拿取定息，也就是还有剥削；就所有制这点上说，这类企业还不是完全的社会主义性质的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zài gōngshāngyè de gōngsī héyíng qǐyè zhōng, zīběnjiā hái náqǔ dìngxī, yě jiùshì hái yǒu bōxuē; jiù suǒyǒuzhì zhè diǎn shàng shuō, zhè lèi qǐyè hái bù shì wánquán de shèhuì zhǔyì xìngzhì de. [Pinyin]

     In joint state-private industrial and commercial enterprises, capitalists still get a fixed rate of interest on their capital, that is to say, exploitation still exists. So far as ownership is concerned, these enterprises are not yet completely socialist in nature.