粵

吉gat1利lei6

gat1 lei6Jí lìjí lì

English

  1. Geely, Chinese car make
  2. auspicious
  3. lucky; fortune; propitious
  4. lucky
  5. propitious

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 徵兆、意頭好

Examples

  • 「八」同「發」嘅廣東話讀音相似,所以八係個吉利嘅數字。

    "baat3"(eight) has a similar pronunciation as "faat3"(to get rich), so it is a lucky number.

  • 別說這麼不吉利的話。

    Don't say such ill-omened things.

    Tatoeba · Leolaaziano CC BY

  • 阿爾吉利亞沒有冰川。

    Algeria has no glaciers.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 他是游過英吉利海峽的唯一一個美國人。

    He is the only American who has swum the English Channel.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 他是唯一一個游泳橫渡英吉利海峽的美國人。

    He is the only American who has swum the English Channel.

    Tatoeba · zhouj1955 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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