大吉利市

Chinese

		very auspicious; extremely lucky	lucky
simp. and trad. (大吉利市)		大吉	利市
alternative forms		大吉利是 Cantonese; Hakka 大吉利事 Cantonese

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gat¹ lai⁶ si⁶ / daai⁶ gat¹ lei⁶ si⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴ gid⁵ li⁴ si⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ gêg⁴ li⁷ ci⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ gat¹ lai⁶ si⁶ / daai⁶ gat¹ lei⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: daaih gāt laih sih / daaih gāt leih sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gat⁷ lai⁶ si⁶ / daai⁶ gat⁷ lei⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ged¹ lei⁶ xi⁶ / dai⁶ ged¹ léi⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kɐt̚⁵ lɐi̯²² siː²²/, /taːi̯²² kɐt̚⁵ lei̯²² siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tai⁴ gid⁵ li⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kit̚¹ li⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dai⁶ gêg⁴ li⁷ ci⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi kek lī tshĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ kek̚²⁻⁴ li¹¹ t͡sʰi³⁵/

Phrase

大吉利市

1. (Cantonese, Teochew) very lucky and prosperous
2. (Cantonese, Hakka) touch wood

Synonyms

• (touch wood): (Cantonese) 啋 (coi¹)