吉兆

Chinese

		lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	omen; million; million million, trillion
simp. and trad. (吉兆)		吉	兆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jízhào

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ siu⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kit-seu
Min Nan (POJ): kiat-tiāu / kiat-tiǎu / kit-tiāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jízhào
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyijaw
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gat¹ siu⁶
  - Yale: gāt siuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ siu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ xiu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ siːu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kit-seu
  - Hakka Romanization System: gid` seu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gid⁵ seu⁴
  - IPA: /kit̚² seu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-tiāu
  - Tâi-lô: kiat-tiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiatdiau
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tiaʊ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-tiǎu
  - Tâi-lô: kiat-tiǎu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiaʊ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kit-tiāu
  - Tâi-lô: kit-tiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kitdiau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kit̚³²⁻⁵ tiaʊ²²/

Noun

吉兆

good omen; auspicious sign

Antonyms

凶兆 (xiōngzhào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
吉	兆
きつ > きっ Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 吉兆

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) きっちょー [kìtchóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) きっちょー [kìtchóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
- IPA^(key): [kʲi̥t̚t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

吉兆 (hiragana きっちょう, rōmaji kitchō, historical hiragana きつてう)

good omen, auspicious sign

Synonyms

吉 (きっ)相 (そう) (kissō)

Antonyms

凶 (きょう)兆 (ちょう) (kyōchō)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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