有利可圖

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	diagram; to plan; picture diagram; to plan; picture; drawing; chart
trad. (有利可圖)		有	利	可	圖
simp. (有利可图)		有	利	可	图

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒulìkětú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ lei⁶ ho² tou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iú-lī-khó-tô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒulìkětú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒulìkětú
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-li⁴-kʻo³-tʻu²
    • Yale: yǒu-lì-kě-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoulihkeetwu
    • Palladius: юликэту (julikɛtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ lei⁶ ho² tou⁴
    • Yale: yáuh leih hó tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ lei⁶ ho² tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ léi⁶ ho² tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ lei̯²² hɔː³⁵ tʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-lī-khó-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: iú-lī-khó-tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iwlixqoy'doo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁴¹⁻²² kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²³/

Idiom

有利可圖

1. to have good prospects of gain; to stand to grain; to be profitable

Antonyms

• 無利可圖／无利可图 (wúlìkětú)