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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• 公益活动(公益活動) charity event; public service activities
• 利益集团(利益集團) interest group
• 精益求精 to make something that is outstanding even better; to be constantly improving
• 益虫(益蟲) beneficial insect
• 益处(益處) a benefit; an advantage
• 老当益壮(老當益壯) old but vigorous; hale and hearty despite the years
• 获益者(獲益者) beneficiary
• 效益 benefit
• 益趋(益趨) increasingly; more and more
• 收益率 earnings rate; earnings yield
• 共同利益 common interest; mutual benefit
• 本益比 P⁄ E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)
• 总收益(總收益) total profit; aggregate return
• 增益 to increase ; gain
• 进益(進益) income; improvement; progress
• 穷当益坚(窮當益堅) poor but ambitious; hard-pressed but determined
• 日益 day by day; more and more; increasingly
• 救焚益薪 add firewood to put out the flames; ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
• 公益 public welfare; public good; volunteer health or relief work; commonwealth
• 补益(補益) benefit; help
• 获益(獲益) to profit; to benefit
• 留存收益 retained earnings
• 社会公共利益(社會公共利益) public interest
• 到期收益率 yield to maturity (YTM)
• 愈益 increasingly; more and more
• 益鸟(益鳥) a beneficial bird
• 日益增加 to increase daily
• 集思广益(集思廣益) collective wisdom for mutual benefit
• 受益匪浅(受益匪淺) to benefit (from)
• 法益 interests protected by law
• 有害无益(有害無益) harmful and without benefit; more harm than good
• 多多益善 the more the better
• 无益(無益) to be no good; to not be beneficial
• 最佳利益 best interests
• 得益 to derive benefit
• 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
• 裨益 to benefit; to help
• 国防利益(國防利益) (national) defense interests
• 益母 motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus)
• 益觉困难(益覺困難) to find something increasingly difficult
• 益民 good citizens; the right side in a civil war
• 请益(請益) to request greater explanation ; to request more [of something]
• 受益人 the beneficiary; the person who benefits

Also contained in

益州名画录 、 益州 、 王益 、 公益事业 、 益州郡 、 沾益县 、 王益区 、 国家利益

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• 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 明史 — count: 68
• 卷二百五十四 列傳第十三 侯益 張從恩 扈彥珂 薛懷讓 趙贊 李繼勳 藥元福 趙晁 Volume 254 Biographies 13: Hou Yi, Zhang Cong'en, Hu Yanke, Xue Huairang, Zhao Zan, Li Jixun, Yao Yuanfu, Zhao Chao History of Song 宋史 — count: 48
• 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 48
• 卷五十　　志第三上:　五行一 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Five Elements 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 31
• 卷四十五 志第二十一 地理六 Volume 45 Treatises 21: Geography 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 30
• 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 30
• 卷五　本紀第五:　世祖二 Volume 5 Annals 5: Shizu 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 29
• 卷三十七　列傳第二十五:　韓茂 皮豹子 封敕文 呂羅漢 孔伯恭 田益宗 孟表 奚康生 楊大眼 崔延伯 李叔仁 Volume 37 Biographies 25: Han Mao, Pi Baozi, Feng Chiwen, Lu Luohan, Kong Bogong, Tian Yizong, Meng Biao, Xi Kangsheng, Yang Dayan, Cui Yanbo, Li Shuren History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 28
• 卷六十八 志第二十一 律曆一 Volume 68 Treatises 21: Measures and Calendar 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 27
• 卷二百五十九 列傳第一百四十七 楊鎬 袁應泰 熊廷弼 袁崇煥 趙光抃 Volume 259 Biographies 147: Yang Gao, Yuan Yingtai, Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Chonghuan, Zhao Guangbian History of Ming 明史 — count: 27

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
• 益亡 (益亡) 故亂益亡 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《坊記》 Record of the Dykes — count: 3
• 罪益 (罪益) 罪益厚 — Mozi 墨子, 卷五 非攻上 Book 5 - Condemnation of Offensive War I — count: 3
• 益城 (益城) 則益城 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — 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
• 益姑 (益姑) 杞柏益姑卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — 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