利市
Chinese
advantage; benefit; profit; sharp |
market; city | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (利市) |
利 | 市 | |
| variant forms | 利是 利事 | ||
利市 (紅包) - contemporary red envelopes
Pronunciation
Noun
利市
- profits
- (Cantonese) a good market, a good symbol in market
- (Cantonese) red envelope; red packet; lai see (a monetary gift which is given during holidays or special occasions) (Classifier: 封)
Synonyms
- (red envelope):
| Dialectal synonyms of 紅包 (“red envelope”) [map] | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 紅包 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 紅包兒 |
| Taiwan | 紅包 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 利市 |
| Hong Kong | 利市 | |
| Taishan | 利市 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 紅包 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 紅包 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 紅包 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 紅包 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 紅包 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 紅包 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 紅包 |
| Quanzhou | 紅包 | |
| Zhangzhou | 紅包 | |
| Taipei | 紅包 | |
| Kaohsiung | 紅包 | |
| Penang | 紅包 | |
| Singapore | 紅包 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 紅包 | |
Derived terms
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Descendants
- English: lai see
- Vietnamese: lì xì
Derived terms
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