吉利
gat1 lei6Jí lìjí lì
English
- Geely, Chinese car make
- auspicious
- lucky; fortune; propitious
- lucky
- propitious
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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