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
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kiat-lī / kit-lī

(Teochew, Peng'im): gig⁴ li⁶

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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    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/
Min Nan
- (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/

Adjective

吉利

auspicious; lucky; fortunate; propitious

Synonyms

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吉祥 (jíxiáng)
祥和 (xiánghé)

祺祥 (qíxiáng) (literary)
老利 (Cantonese)

Antonyms

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不祥 (bùxiáng)

Derived terms

英吉利 (Yīngjílì)

吉利話／吉利话

Proper noun

吉利

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

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