利市
Chinese edit
advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp |
market; city | ||
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simp. and trad. (利市) |
利 | 市 | |
alternative forms | 利是 Cantonese 利事 Cantonese 利士 Cantonese |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
利市
- profits
- (literary) good business; good market
- (dialectal) omen of good business
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Nanning Pinghua, Guangxi Mandarin, Teochew) red envelope; red packet; lai see (a monetary gift which is given during holidays or special occasions) (Classifier: 封)
Synonyms edit
- (red envelope):
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Descendants edit
Adjective edit
利市
- (dialectal, chiefly Cantonese, Hakka) lucky
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien, of a business) prosperous