吉利

Chinese

		lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
simp. and trad. (吉利)		吉	利

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jílì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ lei⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kit-li
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiat-lī / kit-lī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gig⁴ li⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciq-li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jílì → jíli (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ → ㄐㄧˊ ˙ㄌㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíli̊
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-li⁵
    • Yale: jí-li
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi.lih
    • Palladius: цзили (czili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ li⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕi³⁵ li³/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 吉利 極力／极力

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹ lei⁶
    • Yale: gāt leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ lei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kit-li
    • Hakka Romanization System: gid` li
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gid⁵ li⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kit̚² li⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-lī
    • Tâi-lô: kiat-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiatli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ li²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ li³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kit-lī
    • Tâi-lô: kit-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kitli
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kit̚³²⁻⁵ li²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gig⁴ li⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kik lĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kik̚²⁻⁴ li³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciq-li
    • MiniDict: cih^入 li
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq-li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ li⁴⁴/

Adjective

吉利

1. auspicious; lucky; fortunate; propitious

Synonyms

• 吉祥 (jíxiáng)
• 祥和 (xiánghé)
• 祺祥 (qíxiáng) (literary)
• 老利 (lou⁵ lai^6-2) (Cantonese)

 

Antonyms

• 不祥 (bùxiáng)

 

Derived terms

• 吉利話／吉利话
• 英吉利 (Yīngjílì)

 

Proper noun

吉利

1. (～區) Jili District (a district of Luoyang, Henan, China)