月利

Chinese

		moon; month	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
simp. and trad. (月利)		月	利

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ lei⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): nguŏk-lê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèlì
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: ywè-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehlih
    • Palladius: юэли (jueli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 月例 月利 月曆／月历 閱歷／阅历

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ lei⁶
    • Yale: yuht leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² lei̯²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nguŏk-lê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuoʔ⁵⁻²¹ l̃ɛi²⁴²/

Noun

月利

1. monthly interest
2. (Eastern Min) the month following childbirth, during which the mother goes through the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in; puerperium

Synonyms

• (monthly interest): 月息 (yuèxī)
• (month following childbirth): 月子 (yuèzi)

Derived terms

• 做月利
• 月利婆