盈利

yínglì

verb HSK 7 #14,525

Meanings

1 to make a profit
2 to be profitable
3 profit

Characters

profit; benefit

Literally 'surplus profit' — to make a profit

Examples

这家公司去年开始盈利了。

Zhè jiā gōngsī qùnián kāishǐ yínglì le.

This company started making a profit last year.

新项目的盈利前景很好。

Xīn xiàngmù de yínglì qiánjǐng hěn hǎo.

The new project has good profit prospects.

Tips

usage

盈利 can be a verb (to profit) or a noun (profit). Compare with 利润 (lìrùn), which is strictly a noun meaning 'profit margin'. The opposite is 亏损 (kuīsǔn, to suffer losses).

Stroke Order

盈 yíng

利 lì