吉兆

Chinese

		lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	omen; million; million million, trillion
simp. and trad. (吉兆)		吉	兆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jízhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ siu⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kit-seu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiat-tiāu / kiat-tiǎu / kit-tiāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jízhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíjhào
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-chao⁴
    • Yale: jí-jàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyijaw
    • Palladius: цзичжао (czičžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹ siu⁶
    • Yale: gāt siuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ siu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ xiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ siːu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kit-seu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gid` seu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gid⁵ seu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kit̚² seu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: kiat-tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiatdiau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiau³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-tiǎu
    • Tâi-lô: kiat-tiǎu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiau²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kit-tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: kit-tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kitdiau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kit̚³²⁻⁵ tiau²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 吉兆

1. good omen; auspicious sign

Antonyms

• 凶兆 (xiōngzhào)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
吉	兆
きつ > きっ Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 吉兆

Noun

吉(きっ)兆(ちょう) • (kitchō) ^{←きつてう (kituteu)?}

1. good omen, auspicious sign

Synonyms

• 吉相(きっそう) (kissō)

Antonyms

• 凶兆(きょうちょう) (kyōchō)