吉
jí
Pinyin

Definition

吉
 - 
jí
  1. lucky
  2. giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
吉
 - 
Jí
  1. surname Ji
  2. abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Jí lín Shěng]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (21)

结
jiē
  1. 1 (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [jié]
结
jié
  1. 1 knot
  2. 2 sturdy
  3. 3 bond
  4. 4 to tie
  5. 5 to bind
  6. 6 to check out (of a hotel)
洁
jié
  1. 1 clean
桔
jié
  1. 1 Platycodon grandiflorus
  2. 2 water bucket
桔
jú
  1. 1 variant: 橘 jú

Related Words (20)

吉祥
jí xiáng
  1. 1 lucky
  2. 2 auspicious
  3. 3 propitious
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
大吉大利
dà jí dà lì
  1. 1 great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving
吉
Jí
  1. 1 surname Ji
  2. 2 abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Jí lín Shěng]
吉他
jí tā
  1. 1 guitar (loanword)
  2. 2 classifier: 把 bǎ

Idioms (9)

凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
吉人自有天相
jí rén zì yǒu tiān xiàng
  1. 1 Heaven helps the worthy (idiom)
大吉大利
dà jí dà lì
  1. 1 great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving
完事大吉
wán shì dà jí
  1. 1 everything is finished (idiom); And there you are!
良辰吉日
liáng chén jí rì
  1. 1 fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity

Sample Sentences

晚上驴友们一起弹吉他、唱歌、聊天，体验淳朴的生活，独自旅行的朋友在这里可以告别孤独的滋味了。
wǎnshang lǘyǒu men yīqǐ dàn jítā 、chànggē 、liáotiān ，tǐyàn chúnpǔ de shēnghuó ，dúzì lǚxíng de péngyou zài zhèlǐ kěyǐ gàobié gūdú de zīwèi le 。
In the evening, backpackers play guitar, sing, chat, and experience a simple life. Friends who travel alone can say goodbye to loneliness.
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副市长路易吉布鲁尼亚罗说，在建的水下坝原本应能阻挡洪水，建设项目却因超支和腐败一拖再拖。
fù shìzhǎng lùyìjí bùlǔníyàluó shuō ，zàijiàn de shuǐxiàbà yuánběn yīng néng zǔdǎng hóngshuǐ ，jiànshè xiàngmù què yīn chāozhī hé fǔbài yītuōzàituō 。
Deputy Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said that the underwater dam currently under construction could have prevented the floods. However the construction project was delayed due to overspending and corruption.
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酒泉、敦煌、吐鲁番、喀什、撒马尔罕、巴格达、君士坦丁堡等古城，宁波、泉州、广州、北海、科伦坡、吉达、亚历山大等地的古港就是记载这段历史的“活化石”。历史告诉我们：文明在开放中发展，民族在融合中共存。
Jiǔquán 、Dūnhuáng 、Tǔlǔfān 、Kāshí 、Sǎmǎěrhǎn 、Bāgédá 、Jūnshìtǎndīngbǎo děng gǔchéng ，Níngbō 、Quánzhōu 、Guǎngzhōu 、Běihǎi 、Kēlúnpō 、Jídá 、Yàlìshāndà děng de de gǔ gǎng jiùshì jìzǎi zhè duàn lìshǐ de “huóhuàshí ”。lìshǐ gàosu wǒmen ：wénmíng zài kāifàng zhōng fāzhǎn ，mínzú zài rónghé zhōng gòngcún 。
Ancient ports, such as Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Turpan, Kashgar, Samarkand, Baghdad, Constantinople, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Beijing, Colombo, Jeddah and Alexandria are living fossils which carry this era within them. History tells us, civilisation develops with openness, peoples coexist in melting pots.
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如果一行诗句可以代表一种诗派，我就愿举这行诗为象征诗派艺术的代表。每次念及，我不禁想起法国现代画家昂利·卢梭（Henri Rousseau）的杰作“沉睡的吉普赛人”。
rúguǒ yìháng shījù kěyǐ dàibiǎo yīzhǒng shī pài ，wǒ jiù yuàn jǔ zhè xíng shī wèi xiàngzhēng shī pài yìshù de dàibiǎo 。měicì niànjí ，wǒ bùjīn xiǎng qǐ Fǎguó xiàndài huàjiā Ánglì ·Lú Suō （Henri Rousseau ）de jiézuò “chénshuì de Jípǔsàirén ”。
If one line of poetry can represent a poetic movement, I would nominate this line to represent Symbolism. Each time I recite this line, I can't help but think of 'The Sleeping Gypsy', a masterpiece by contemporary French artist Henri Rousseau.
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按照惯例，每年的围炉我们都要讲些吉祥话。建成，从你开始吧。
ànzhào guànlì ，měinián de wéilú wǒmen dōuyào jiǎng xiē jíxiánghuà 。jiànchéng ，cóng nǐ kāishǐ ba 。
According to convention, every year at our gatherings we have to give blessings. Jiancheng, let's start with you.
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托您吉言嘞！静候佳音吧您！
tuō nín jíyán lei ！jìnghòu jiāyīn ba nín ！
I hope your kind words will help me on my way! Let's wait and see if there's good news!
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若干年后齐宣王过世，他的儿子齐愍王继承了王位。这位齐愍王和他爹一样也喜欢听人吹奏竽，不同的是，他喜欢听独奏。有天，他颁布了道命令，要求隔天让那三百位乐师逐一吹竽给他听。乐师们听闻命令都相当开心，大家都想要在君王面前大展身手，只有那位滥竽充数的南郭先生觉得非常心虚，十分焦虑。心想：”这可是欺君之罪，要杀头的啊！我还不得赶紧溜之大吉？”于是连忙收拾行李，有多远逃多远了。
ruògān nián hòu QíXuānwáng guòshì ，tā de érzi QíMǐnwáng jìchéng le wángwèi 。zhèwèi QíMǐnwáng hé tā diē yīyàng yě xǐhuan tīng rén chuīzòu yú ，bùtóng de shì ，tā xǐhuan tīng dúzòu 。yǒu tiān ，tā bānbù le dào mìnglìng ，yāoqiú gétiān ràng nà sān bǎi wèi yuèshī zhúyī chuī yú gěi tā tīng 。yuèshī men tīngwén mìnglìng dōu xiāngdāng kāixīn ，dàjiā dōu xiǎngyào zài jūnwáng miànqián dàzhǎnshēnshǒu ，zhǐyǒu nà wèi lànyúchōngshù de Nánguō xiānsheng juéde fēicháng xīnxū ，shífēn jiāolǜ 。xīnxiǎng ：”zhè kěshì qījūnzhīzuì ，yào shātóu de a ！wǒ hái bùdé gǎnjǐn liūzhīdàjí ？”yúshì liánmáng shōushi xíngli ，yǒu duō yuǎn táo duō yuǎn le 。
Some years later, the King passed away and his son, the King Min, inherited the throne. The King was similar to his dad in that he also loved listening to the yu. The difference was that he preferred solo performances. One day, he enacted an order, asking the 300 musicians to play the yu for him one by one. The musicians were quite happy to hear this order since they all wanted to show their talent in front of the King. However, Nan Guo, who has been pretending to play the yu, felt very guilty and anxious about this order. He thought “This is a crime of deceiving the King, people are decapitated over this! I must escape right this moment!” So he urgently packed his luggage and fled as far as he could.
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恭喜、恭喜！祝你万事如意，大吉大利。
gōngxǐ 、gōngxǐ ！Zhù nǐ wànshìrúyì ，dàjídàlì 。
Congratulations! I wish you all your dreams come true and wish you all the luck.
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因为在东方，龙代表的是吉祥的意思，所以大家都想要龙宝宝。
yīnwèi zài Dōngfāng ，lóng dàibiǎo de shì jíxiáng de yìsi ，suǒyǐ dàjiā dōu xiǎngyào lóng bǎobǎo 。
In Chinese culture, dragons represent luckiness, so everybody wants to have a dragon baby born in the year of dragon.
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猴年的吉祥物丑得不要不要的。
hóu nián de jíxiángwù chǒu de bù yào bù yào de 。
The year of the monkey mascot is beyond ugly.
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