吉鋪

Chinese

		lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	a bed; a store; to spread
trad. (吉鋪/吉舖)		吉	鋪/舖
simp. (吉铺)		吉	铺
Literally: “lucky shop”.

Etymology

From taboo of mentioning 空鋪／空铺 (hung1 pou3, “empty shop”), as 空 (hung1, “empty”) is homophonic with 凶 (hung1, “inauspicious”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jípù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄆㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ pou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jípù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄆㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jípù
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-pʻu⁴
    • Yale: jí-pù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyipuh
    • Palladius: цзипу (czipu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ pʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹ pou³
    • Yale: gāt pou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ pou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ pou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ pʰou̯³³/

Noun

吉鋪

1. (Cantonese) empty shop