吉屋

Chinese

		lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	house; room
simp. and trad. (吉屋)		吉	屋
Literally: “auspicious house/room”.

Etymology

Taboo of mentioning 空屋 (hung1 uk1, “empty house/room”) in Cantonese, as 空 (hung1, “empty”) is homophonic with 凶 (hung1, “inauspicious”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ uk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíwu
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-wu¹
    • Yale: jí-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiu
    • Palladius: цзиу (cziu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹ uk¹
    • Yale: gāt ūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ uk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ ug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ ʊk̚⁵/

Noun

吉屋

1. (chiefly Cantonese) empty house or room; vacant room