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重利

重利

Chinese

		heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
simp. and trad. (重利)		重	利

Noun

重利

high interest
huge profit

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhònglì

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁵ lei⁶
Min Nan (POJ): tiǒng-lī / tiōng-lī / tāng-lāi / tāng-lī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: zhònglì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqlih
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    重利
    重力
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁵ lei⁶
  - Yale: chúhng leih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁵ lei⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ¹³ lei̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǒng-lī
  - Tâi-lô: tiǒng-lī
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²² li⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng-lī
  - Tâi-lô: tiōng-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioxngli
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ li³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ li³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ li²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ li²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāng-lāi
  - Tâi-lô: tāng-lāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daxnglai
  - IPA (Taipei): /taŋ³³⁻¹¹ laɪ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ³³⁻²¹ laɪ³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāng-lī
  - Tâi-lô: tāng-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daxngli
  - IPA (Taipei): /taŋ³³⁻¹¹ li³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ³³⁻²¹ li³³/