益 yì

1. yì verb to increase
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '益'; Giles 1892 '益'; Guoyu '益' v 1; Kroll 2015 '益' 1, p. 550)
2. yì noun benefit; profit; advantage
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '益'; Giles 1892 '益'; Guoyu '益' n 1; Kroll 2015 '益' 2, p. 550; Unihan '益')
3. yì verb to rise; to swell; to pour in more; to flow over
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 溢 (Giles 1892 '益'; Guoyu '益' v 1; Kroll 2015 '益' 4, p. 550)
4. yì verb to help; to benefit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '益'; Guoyu '益' v 3)
5. yì adjective abundant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '益' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '益' 3, p. 550)
6. yì adverb even more
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '益' adv; Kroll 2015 '益' 1a, p. 550)
7. yì adverb gradually
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '益' 1b, p. 550)
8. yì proper noun Yi
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The 42nd hexogram (Kroll 2015 '益' 1c, p. 550)
9. yì proper noun Yi
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '益'; Guoyu '益' n 2)

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• 益友 a helpful friend; a wise companion
• 日益增加 to increase daily
• 既得利益 vested interest
• 集体利益(集體利益) collective interest
• 利益输送(利益輸送) to make use of one's position to gain profit for oneself or one's associates
• 有害无益(有害無益) harmful and without benefit; more harm than good
• 益母 motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus)
• 多多益善 the more the better
• 开卷有益(開卷有益) opening a book is profitable
• 效益 benefit
• 益胃生津 to benefit the stomach and increase fluids
• 益虫(益蟲) beneficial insect
• 减益(減益) debuff (gaming)
• 益生菌 probiotics
• 集恩广益(集恩廣益) to pool knowledge and ideas to produce a better outcome
• 利益集团(利益集團) interest group
• 人民利益 interests of the people
• 总收益(總收益) total profit; aggregate return
• 留存收益 retained earnings
• 进益(進益) income; improvement; progress
• 益趋(益趨) increasingly; more and more
• 益觉困难(益覺困難) to find something increasingly difficult
• 到期收益率 yield to maturity (YTM)
• 请益(請益) to request greater explanation ; to request more [of something]
• 愈益 increasingly; more and more
• 社会公共利益(社會公共利益) public interest
• 延年益寿(延年益寿) to make life longer; to promise longevity ; to make life longer; to promise longevity; (this product will) extend your life
• 损益(損益) profit and loss; increase and decrease
• 有所广益(有所廣益) for the greater benefit of all
• 良朋益友 virtuous companions and worthy friends
• 法益 interests protected by law
• 益母草 motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
• 加益 even more advantageous
• 饶益(饒益) to gain; to profit
• 公益 public welfare; public good; volunteer health or relief work; commonwealth
• 收益率 earnings rate; earnings yield
• 道高益安，势高益危(道高益安，勢高益危) More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger .
• 集思广益(集思廣益) collective wisdom for mutual benefit
• 助益 to benefit; to help
• 裒多益寡 to take from the rich and give to the poor
• 自身利益 one's own interests
• 益发(益發) increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more
• 大有裨益 bringing great benefits; very useful; of great service; to help greatly; to serve one well
• 个人利益(個人利益) individual interest

Also contained in

沾益县 、 教益 、 王益 、 饶益众生戒 、 沾益 、 益稷 、 益州郡

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Collocations

• 益来 (益來) 以邾子益來 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 8
• 子益 (子益) 以邾子益來 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 7
• 娄子益 (婁子益) 以邾婁子益來 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
• 伯益 (伯益) 梁伯益其國而不能實也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 益师 (益師) 公子益師卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 梁益 (梁益) 梁益耳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 益耳 (益耳) 梁益耳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 公子益 (公子益) 公子益師卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 益厚 (益厚) 罪益厚 — Mozi 墨子, 卷五 非攻上 Book 5 - Condemnation of Offensive War I — count: 3
• 益损 (益損) 與循無欲惡之為益損也 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十 經下 Book 10 - Canon II — count: 3