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Jyutping lei6 jyu1
Pinyin lì yú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to be beneficial
  2. to be good for
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be good or beneficial for
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    做运动有利于健康。
    做運動有利於健康。
    zuò yùn dòng yǒu lì yú jiàn kāng 。
    • Exercise is good for your health.
  2. Mandarin
    它有利于我们理解其他文化。
    它有利於我們理解其他文化。
    tā yǒu lì yú wǒ men lǐ jiě qí tā wén huà 。
    • It's good for our understanding of other cultures.
  3. Mandarin
    步行是有利于健康的运动。
    步行是有利於健康的運動。
    bù xíng shì yǒu lì yú jiàn kāng de yùn dòng 。
    • Walking is a healthy form of exercise.
  4. Mandarin
    毛髪有利于动物保暖。
    毛髪有利於動物保暖。
    máo fà yǒu lì yú dòng wù bǎo nuǎn 。
    • Fur protects animals from the cold.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    有利于事业发展
    有利於事業發展
    jau5 lei6 jyu1 si6 jip6 faat3 zin2
    • beneficial to the development of one's career
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    反过来,《计算机世界》那边的业务,所里的其他部门能够解决的,如报纸的排版、市场研究等,就在所里做了,这样有利于调整分配格局,不断地提高全体职工的收入。
    反過來,《計算機世界》那邊的業務,所裏的其他部門能夠解決的,如報紙的排版、市場研究等,就在所裏做了,這樣有利於調整分配格局,不斷地提高全體職工的收入。
    fǎn guò lái , “ jì suàn jī shì jiè ” nà biān de yè wù , suǒ lǐ de qí tā bù mén néng gòu jiě jué de , rú bào zhǐ de pái bǎn , shì chǎng yán jiū děng , jiù zài suǒ lǐ zuò le , zhè yàng yǒu lì yú tiáo zhěng fēn pèi gé jú , bù duàn dì tí gāo quán tǐ zhí gōng de shōu rù .
    • X
  2. Mandarin
    新的工业大部分应当摆在内地,使工业布局逐步平衡,并且利于备战,这是毫无疑义的。
    新的工業大部分應當擺在內地,使工業佈局逐步平衡,並且利於備戰,這是毫無疑義的。
    xīn de gōng yè dà bù fèn yīng dāng bǎi zài nèi dì , shǐ gōng yè bù jú zhú bù píng héng , bìng qiě lì yú bèi zhàn , zhè shì háo wú yí yì de .
    • Without doubt, the greater part of the new industry should be located in the interior so that industry may gradually become evenly distributed; moreover, this will help our preparations against war.
  3. Mandarin
    按照政治标准来说,一切利于抗日和团结的,鼓励群众同心同德的,反对倒退、促成进步的东西,便都是好的;而一切不利于抗日和团结的,鼓动群众离心离德的,反对进步、拉着人们倒退的东西,便都是坏的。
    按照政治標準來説,一切利於抗日和團結的,鼓勵羣眾同心同德的,反對倒退、促成進步的東西,便都是好的;而一切不利於抗日和團結的,鼓動羣眾離心離德的,反對進步、拉着人們倒退的東西,便都是壞的。
    àn zhào zhèng zhì biāo zhǔn lái shuō , yī qiè lì yú kàng rì hé tuán jié de , gǔ lì qún zhòng tóng xīn tóng dé de , fǎn duì dào tuì , cù chéng jìn bù de dōng xi , biàn dōu shì hǎo de ; ér yī qiè bù lì yú kàng rì hé tuán jié de , gǔ dòng qún zhòng lí xīn lí dé de , fǎn duì jìn bù , lā zhe rén men dào tuì de dōng xi , biàn dōu shì huài de .
    • According to the political criterion, everything is good that is helpful to unity and resistance to Japan, that encourages the masses to be of one heart and one mind, that opposes retrogression and promotes progress; on the other hand, everything is bad that is detrimental to unity and resistance to Japan, foments dissension and discord among the masses and opposes progress and drags people back.
  4. Mandarin
    无论是大汉族主义或者地方民族主义,都不利于各族人民的团结,这是应当克服的一种人民内部的矛盾。
    無論是大漢族主義或者地方民族主義,都不利於各族人民的團結,這是應當克服的一種人民內部的矛盾。
    wú lùn shì dà hàn zú zhǔ yì huò zhě dì fāng mín zú zhǔ yì , dōu bù lì yú gè zú rén mín de tuán jié , zhè shì yīng dāng kè fú de yī zhǒng rén mín nèi bù de máo dùn .
    • Both Han chauvinism and local-nationality chauvinism are harmful to the unity of the nationalities; they represent one kind of contradiction among the people which should be resolved.