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吉利 (jí lì): Auspicious (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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2.

Character Breakdown

吉利 consists of 2 characters.

auspicious, lucky, propitious

sharp, beneficial, profit

Word Info

Pinyinjí lì

Meaningauspicious

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

SyntaxAdjective

Word吉利

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 吉利.

Words with 吉

吉祥jí xiángHSK 6
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吉祥物jí xiáng wùHSK 7-9
吉普Jí pǔ
弗吉尼亚fú jí ní yà

Words with 利

流利liú lìHSK 4
顺利shùn lìHSK 4
不利bù lìHSK 5
利息lì xīHSK 5
利润lì rùnHSK 5
利用lì yòngHSK 5
利益lì yìHSK 5
有利yǒu lìHSK 5

3.

How to Use 吉利 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 吉利 with other words naturally.

Adverb + Adjectivewith非常

fēi非

cháng常

jí吉

lì利

neutral

very auspicious

Adjective + Noun

jí吉

lì利

huà话

neutral

auspicious words

Verb + Objectwith图

tú图

ge个

jí吉

lì利

Idiomwith大吉

dà大

jí吉

dà大

lì利

4.

Example Sentences with 吉利

hóng红

sè色

hěn很

jí吉

lì利

。

Red is very auspicious.

jí吉

lì利

shù数

zì字

neutral

auspicious number

informal

Spoken

seek good luck

formal

great fortune and great profit

zài在

hūn婚

lǐ礼

shàng上

，

zhǎng长

bèi辈

men们

zǒng总

huì会

sòng送

shàng上

jǐ几

jù句

jí吉

lì利

huà话

，

zhù祝

fú福

xīn新

rén人

。

At weddings, elders always offer a few auspicious words to bless the newlyweds.

nǐ jué de shù zì 8 zài zhōng guó wén huà zhōng zhēn de nà me jí lì ma ？

你觉得数字8在中国文化中真的那么吉利吗？

Do you think the number 8 is really that auspicious in Chinese culture?

guò过

nián年

shí时

，

rén人

men们

xǐ喜

huān欢

shuō说

jí吉

lì利

de的

huà话

。

During the New Year, people like to say auspicious words.

suī虽

rán然

tā他

bú不

xìn信

zhè这

xiē些

，

dàn但

wèi为

le了

tǎo讨

gè个

jí吉

lì利

，

hái还

shì是

chuān穿

le了

hóng红

wà袜

zi子

。

Although he doesn't believe in these things, he still wore red socks to seek good luck.

zhè这

ge个

fāng方

àn案

de的

míng名

zì字

tīng听

qǐ起

lái来

bú不

tài太

jí吉

lì利

，

wǒ我

men们

zuì最

hǎo好

gǎi改

yí一

xià下

。

The name of this proposal doesn't sound very auspicious; we'd better change it.

tā他

xuǎn选

le了

yí一

gè个

jí吉

lì利

de的

rì日

zi子

kāi开

yè业

，

xī希

wàng望

shēng生

yì意

xìng兴

lóng隆

。

He chose an auspicious day to open his business, hoping for prosperity.

kāi开

yè业

qián前

，

tā他

men们

tè特

yì意

qǐng请

rén人

suàn算

le了

gè个

jí吉

lì利

de的

shí时

chén辰

。

Before opening for business, they specifically hired someone to calculate an auspicious time.