noun HSK 7 #3,402

Meanings

  1. 1 rate; ratio (suffix)
  2. 2 percentage; proportion

Examples

Zhège xiàngmù de chénggōnglǜ hěn gāo.
This project has a very high success rate.
Jīnnián de jiùyèlǜ yǒusuǒ tígāo.
The employment rate has improved this year.
Chūshēnglǜ chíxù xiàjiàng.
The birth rate continues to decline.

Tips

usage
As a suffix, turns nouns/verbs into quantifiable rates: 成功率 (success rate), 就业 (employment rate), 出生 (birth rate), 合格 (pass rate), 增长 (growth rate), 利率 (interest rate).
mistakes
has two readings: lǜ (rate/ratio) and shuài (to lead). As a suffix meaning 'rate,' it is always lǜ. In 率领 (shuàilǐng, to lead) and 率先 (shuàixiān, to take the lead), it is shuài.

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