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吉祥
jíxiáng
Main
English Definitionlucky; auspicious; propitious
Simplified Script吉祥
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinjíxiáng
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)gat1coeng4
Part of Speech(形) adjective
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=6 TOCFL=7
Word Decomposition
吉jílucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9); (Chinese surname); abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省
祥xiángauspicious; propitious

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吉他jítāguitar (loanword)
吉利jílìauspicious; lucky; propitious; Geely, Chinese car make
吉林jílínJilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 长春; also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province
吉林省jílín shěngJilin Province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital Changchun 长春
吉尼斯jí nísīGuinness (name)
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慈祥cíxiángkindly; benevolent (often of older person)
罗志祥luó zhì xiángLuo Zhixiang or Show Luo or Alan Luo (1979-), Taiwanese pop star
不祥bùxiángominous; inauspicious
冯玉祥féng yù xiángFeng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek
文天祥wén tiān xiángWen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting Mongol invasion in Jiangxi in 1275
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