权益

• Pinyin: quán yì
• Hanzi breakdown: 权 = 木 + 又 (rights/power — authority to act); 益 = 水 + 皿 (benefit/profit — water overflowing a vessel, representing abundance)

Meaning

Rights and interests; the legitimate entitlements and benefits that a person or group is entitled to by law or by right.

消费者权益 (consumer rights), 劳动者权益 (workers' rights), 妇女权益 (women's rights). A legal and political term. Commonly collocates with 保护 (protect), 维护 (safeguard), 侵犯 (infringe upon). 权益保障 means the guarantee of rights and interests.

Examples

1. 该非政府组织多年来致力于为边缘化群体提供法律援助，切实维护其应有的合法权益。 For many years, the NGO has worked to provide legal aid to marginalized groups and to protect their lawful rights and interests in a meaningful way.
2. 新颁布的劳动合同法进一步强化了对灵活就业人员权益的制度性保障。 The newly enacted Labor Contract Law has further strengthened institutional safeguards for the rights and interests of flexible workers.
3. 消费者在网购中遭遇欺诈时有权依法向平台及商家主张自身的合法权益。 When consumers encounter fraud while shopping online, they have the legal right to assert their legitimate rights and interests against both the platform and the seller.

Usage Guide

Context: law, labour rights, consumer protection, policy

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 平台应当建立健全投诉处理机制，在发生纠纷时切实保障消费者的知情权、选择权等核心权益不受侵害。(Platforms should establish and improve complaint-handling mechanisms to effectively safeguard consumers' core rights and interests, including the right to information and the right of choice, in the event of disputes.)
• 农村土地流转过程中必须严格依法保障农民的土地承包经营权益，防止任何形式的权益流失与侵占。(In the process of rural land transfer, the contracted management rights and interests of farmers must be strictly protected by law to prevent any form of rights erosion or encroachment.)

Don't Say

• 他有权益进入该房间 — use 他有权进入 or 他有资格进入; 权益 refers to a bundle of rights and interests as a whole concept, not the right to perform a single specific action

Origin & History

权 (rights/entitlements) + 益 (benefit/gain) — one's rightful entitlements and the benefits that flow from them

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal