Definition

1. Verb:

   • To yield profit; to be profitable: To generate financial gain or return on an investment.
   • To be productive; to be lucrative: To produce beneficial results or substantial income.

2. Adjective (Attributive):

   • Profit-generating; income-producing: Used to describe an asset, activity, or venture that creates profit.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Khu đất đó sinh lợi rất cao. (That piece of land is very profitable.)
  • Công ty cần đầu tư vào các dự án có khả năng sinh lợi. (The company needs to invest in projects that can yield profit.)
• Adjective:
  • Đây là một tài sản sinh lợi quan trọng. (This is an important profit-generating asset.)

Advanced Usage

• Used in formal and business contexts to discuss economics, finance, and investment.
• Often appears in the compound "khả năng sinh lợi" (profitability).
  • Ngân hàng đánh giá khả năng sinh lợi của kế hoạch kinh doanh. (The bank assesses the profitability of the business plan.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sinh lời: A common variant with the same meaning (to yield profit).
  • Cổ phiếu bắt đầu sinh lời. (The stocks began to yield profit.)
• Lợi nhuận (n): Profit.
• Sinh sôi (v): To multiply, to proliferate (often used for capital or resources).

Synonyms

• To profit: To obtain a financial advantage or benefit.
• To yield returns: To produce a gain from an investment.
• To be fruitful: To produce good results; to be productive.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Tiền đẻ ra tiền: (Money gives birth to money) - The concept of capital generating more capital, closely related to the idea of sinh lợi.
  • Triết lý kinh doanh của ông ấy là "tiền đẻ ra tiền". (His business philosophy is "money makes money.")

1. Produce wealth; produce profits; be productive, be lucrative