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吉

jí

HSK 6 Character

What 吉 means

1. lucky
2. giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

Other readings

吉 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Jíshort name for Jilin {吉林|Jí lín}; surname Ji

Example sentences

• 鸡年大吉！
  Jīnián dàjí!
  Happy year of the rooster!
• 吉姆还没来。
  Jim hasn't come yet.
• 谁在弹吉他？
  Who is playing the guitar?
• 我会弹吉他。
  I can play the guitar.
• 我想弹吉他。
  I want to play the guitar.
• 他会弹吉他。
  He is able to play the guitar.

Words starting with 吉

• 吉祥jí xiánglucky; auspicious; propitious
• 吉他jí tā(loanword) guitar
• 吉利jí lìauspicious; lucky; propitious
• 吉祥物jí xiáng wùmascot
• 吉林省Jí lín ShěngJilin Province, capital Changchun 长春市
• 吉普车jí pǔ chējeep (military vehicle) (loanword)
• 吉它jí tāa guitar
• 吉普Jí pǔJeep (car brand)
• 吉林市Jí lín ShìJilin, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省
• 吉隆坡Jí lóng pōKuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
• 吉尼斯Jí ní sī(name) Guinness
• 吉他手jí tā shǒuguitarist
• 吉日jí rìpropitious day; lucky day
• 吉凶jí xiōnggood and bad luck (in astrology)
• 吉林大学Jí lín Dà xuéJilin University
• 吉尔吉斯斯坦Jí ěr jí sī sī tǎnKyrgyzstan
• 吉事jí shìauspicious event
• 吉列jí lièbreaded and fried cutlet (loanword via Cantonese)
• 吉士jí shìcheese (loanword); custard powder; (literary) man (laudatory)
• 吉打Jí dǎKedah, state of northwest Malaysia, capital Alor Star 亚罗士打
• 吉米Jí mǐJimmy, Jimmie or Jimi (name)
• 吉达Jí dáJeddah (Saudi city, on Red Sea)
• 吉之岛Jí zhī dǎoJUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets
• 吉事果jí shì guǒchurro

Words containing 吉

• 成吉思汗Chéng jí sī hánGenghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire
• 大吉dà jívery auspicious; extremely lucky
• 格鲁吉亚Gé lǔ jí yàGeorgia (country)
• 塔吉克Tǎ jí kèTajik ethnic group; (Tw, HK) Tajikistan
• 万事大吉wàn shì dà jíeverything is fine (idiom); all is well with the world
• 邱吉尔Qiū jí ěrWinston Churchill (1874–1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940–1945 and 1951–1955…
• 堂吉诃德Táng jí hē déDon Quixote
• 凶多吉少xiōng duō jí shǎo(lit.) everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); (fig.) inauspicious…
• 不吉bù jíunlucky; inauspicious; ominous
• 令吉lìng jíringgit (Malaysian currency unit)
• 哈吉hā jíhaji or hadji (Islam)
• 普吉Pǔ jíPhuket (city in Thailand)
• 班吉Bān jíBangui, capital of Central African Republic
• 额吉é jímother (Mongolian)
• 不吉利bù jí lìominous
• 哈吉斯hā jí sīhaggis (a Scottish dish) (loanword)
• 哥吉拉Gē jí lāGodzilla (Tw)
• 安吉星Ān jí xīngOnStar, an in-vehicle telematics service
• 安吉尔ān jí ěrangel (loanword)
• 布拉吉bù lā jíwoman's dress (loanword from Russian); gown
• 林吉特lín jí tèringgit (monetary unit of Malaysia) (loanword)
• 王老吉Wáng lǎo jíWanglaoji (beverage brand)
• 纳吉布Nà jí bùMohamed Naguib (1901–1984), first president of the Republic of Egypt…
• 维吉尔Wéi jí ěrVirgil or Vergilius (70-19 BC), Roman poet and author of the Aeneid 埃涅阿斯纪

Characters built on 士

These share the phonetic component 士 (shì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 喜xǐto be fond of; to like; to enjoy
• 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will
• 仕shìto serve as an official; an official; the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the…

Characters that look like 吉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 告gào(bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce
• 言yánwords; speech; to say
• 古gǔancient; old; paleo-
• 玄xuánblack; mysterious
• 囱cōng(bound form) chimney

Sounds the same

Read jí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 及and; to reach; up to
• 即namely; that is; i.e.
• 极extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 级level; grade; rank
• 急urgent; pressing; rapid
• 籍(bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral…
• 集to gather; to collect; collected works
• 辑to gather up; to collect; to edit
• 疾(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 嫉jealousy; to be jealous of
• 笈trunks (for books)
• 藉(literary) to tread on; to insult; used in 狼藉