Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- jí
- Jí
English
- lucky, propitious, good
- short name for Jilin 吉林[Ji2 lin2]
- lucky
- (noun) 1. nothing; (adjective) empty
- empty (空); used in place of "空", a homophone of "凶" (unlucky) i.e. "吉"'s opposite
- lucky; happy; auspicious
- surname Ji
- giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
粵語
- 即係「空」；因為「空」音同「凶」，所以有人為咗避諱而改口講相反義嘅「吉」
- 泛指一啲好運嘅嘢；會遇到好事
As a component in · 139
Words containing 吉
- 吉士gat1 si2
cheese (loanword)
- 吉林gat1 lam4
see 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]
- 吉利gat1 lei6
Geely, Chinese car make
- 吉祥gat1 coeng4
lucky
- 吉日gat1 jat6
propitious day
- 交吉gaau1 gat1
vacant possession
- 吉列gat1 lit6
Gillette (brand)
- 混吉wan6 gat1
(slang) to mess others around for no reason; to insincerely meddle in other's business; to make trouble for others by interfering into their matters; fool around; putter about; work to no avail
- 吉澳gat1 ou3
Crooked Island, a place in Hong Kong
- 吉兆gat1 siu6
lucky omen
- 吉隆坡gat1 lung4 bo1
Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
- 吉祥物gat1 coeng4 mat6
mascot
- 吉普車gat1 pou2 ce1
jeep (military vehicle) (loanword)
- 吉他gat1 taa1
(loanword) guitar
- 塔吉克taap3 gat1 hak1
Tajik ethnic group
- 孖吉maa1 gat1
the 14K triad gang [colloquial]
- 吉布提gat1 bou3 tai4
Djibouti
- 吉時gat1 si4
auspicious moment; propitious timing
- 吉事gat1 si6
auspicious event
- 令吉ling6 gat1
ringgit (Malaysian currency unit)
- 隨吉ceoi4 gat1
(of shops) to be vacant and ready to hand over anytime
- 運吉wan6 gat1
to spend time in fruitless activity; to make trouble ; literally: transport the calamondins
- 得個吉dak1 go3 gat1
(phrase) in vain; fruitless.
- 格魯吉亞gaak3 lou5 gat1 aa3
Georgia (country)