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吉祥

吉祥

Chinese

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

Adjective

吉祥

lucky; auspicious; propitious

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jíxiáng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ coeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kit-siòng
Min Nan (POJ): kiat-siông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jíxiáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishyang
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gat¹ coeng⁴
  - Yale: gāt chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ tsoeng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ t͡ɕʰœːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kit-siòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gid` xiongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gid⁵ xiong²
  - IPA: /kit̚² ɕi̯oŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-siông
  - Tâi-lô: kiat-siông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiatsioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɔŋ²³/