吉祥

Chinese

		lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	auspicious; propitious
simp. and trad. (吉祥)		吉	祥
alternative forms		吉羊 ancient

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíxiáng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ coeng⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kit-siòng

(Hailu, HRS): gid siong
Jin (Wiktionary): jieh⁴ xion¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): geh⁶ syorng² / geh⁶ syoeng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kiat-siông / kiat-siâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): gig⁴ siang⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciq-zhian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jíxiáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jísiáng
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-hsiang²
  - Yale: jí-syáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishyang
  - Palladius: цзисян (czisjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gat¹ coeng⁴
  - Yale: gāt chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kit-siòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gid^ˋ xiong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gid⁵ xiong²
  - Sinological IPA: /kit̚² si̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gid siong
  - Sinological IPA: /kit⁵⁻² sioŋ⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jieh⁴ xion¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ɕiɒ̃¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: geh⁶ syorng² [Phonetic: geh⁷ syorng²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: geh-sió̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ ɬyɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: geh⁶ syoeng² [Phonetic: geh⁷ syoeng²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛʔ²⁻⁴ ɬyøŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-siông
  - Tâi-lô: kiat-siông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiatsioong
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-siâng
  - Tâi-lô: kiat-siâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiatsiaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ siaŋ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gig⁴ siang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kik siâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kik̚²⁻⁴ siaŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷ciq-zhian
  - MiniDict: cih^入 zhian
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq-xxian
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ ʑiã⁴⁴/

Adjective

吉祥

lucky; auspicious; propitious

Synonyms

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吉利 (jílì)
祥和 (xiánghé)
祺祥 (qíxiáng) (literary)
老利 (lou⁵ lai^6-2) (Cantonese)

Antonyms

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不祥 (bùxiáng)

Derived terms

吉祥物 (jíxiángwù)

Proper noun

吉祥

(～里) an urban village in Songshan district, Taipei, Taiwan

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
吉	祥
きち Grade: S	しょう > じょう Grade: S
goon	kan'on

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きちじょー [kìchíjóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲit͡ɕiʑo̞ː]

Noun

吉(きち)祥(じょう) • (kichijō) ^{←きちじやう (kitizyau)^?}

good omen, positive sign

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
吉	祥
きつ > きっ Grade: S	しょう Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きっしょー [kìsshóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲiɕːo̞ː]

Noun

吉(きっ)祥(しょう) • (kisshō) ^{←きつしやう (kitusyau)^?}

good omen, positive sign

Derived terms

吉祥天(きっしょうてん) (Kisshōten)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
吉	祥

Noun

吉祥 • (gilsang) (hangeul 길상)

hanja form^? of 길상

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
吉	祥

Noun

吉祥

chữ Hán form of cát tường

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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