利润 (lìrùn) — profit
HSK 5 | noun | the financial gain remaining after subtracting all costs from revenue
利润 (lìrùn)
利润 refers to the financial gain a business makes after all costs, expenses, and taxes have been subtracted from total revenue -- the bottom-line measure of commercial success.
Meanings
- [noun] profit (the net financial gain of a business)
Example Sentences
该公司今年的净利润同比增长了百分之二十。 Gāi gōngsī jīnnián de jìng lìrùn tóng bǐ zēngzhǎng le bǎifēnzhī èrshí. The company's net profit grew by twenty percent year-on-year this year.
追求利润最大化是许多企业的核心经营目标。 Zhuīqiú lìrùn zuìdàhuà shì xǔduō qǐyè de héxīn jīngyíng mùbiāo. Pursuing maximum profit is the core business objective of many enterprises.
利润率的下降表明市场竞争正在加剧。 Lìrùn lǜ de xiàjiàng biǎomíng shìchǎng jìngzhēng zhèngzài jiājù. The decline in profit margins indicates that market competition is intensifying.
这家餐厅虽然客流量大，但食材成本高，利润十分有限。 Zhè jiā cāntīng suīrán kè liúliàng dà, dàn shícái chéngběn gāo, lìrùn shífēn yǒuxiàn. Although this restaurant has a large customer flow, the food ingredient costs are high and profit is very limited.
投资者最关心的是企业的长期盈利能力和利润增长潜力。 Tóuzī zhě zuì guānxīn de shì qǐyè de chángqī yínglì nénglì hé lìrùn zēngzhǎng qiánlì. What investors care most about is the company's long-term profitability and profit growth potential.
政府征收企业所得税会直接影响公司的税后利润。 Zhèngfǔ zhēngshōu qǐyè suǒdéshuì huì zhíjiē yǐngxiǎng gōngsī de shuì hòu lìrùn. Government corporate income tax collection directly affects a company's after-tax profit.
Collocations
| Collocation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 净利润 | net profit |
| 利润率 | profit margin |
| 利润最大化 | profit maximization |
| 毛利润 | gross profit |
| 利润增长 | profit growth |
| 税后利润 | after-tax profit |
Usage Notes
利润 is a purely financial/business term. Compare with related terms: 收入 (income/revenue) is what comes in before deductions; 利润 is what remains after costs; 利息 is interest income; 利益 is a broader term for benefit or interest in a general sense. 盈利 (yínglì) is a verb form meaning "to make a profit/be profitable," while 利润 is the noun form.
Common business Chinese phrases include 利润空间 (profit margin/room for profit), 薄利多销 (thin profit but high volume), and 暴利 (windfall profit/excessive profit, with negative connotation).
Memory Hook
利 means "profit/benefit" and 润 means "to moisten/enrich" -- 利润 is the enriching benefit that flows back to the business after all expenses are paid, the moisture that nourishes the enterprise's growth.