吉屋

Chinese

		lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	house; room
simp. and trad. (吉屋)		吉	屋
Literally: “auspicious house/room”.

Etymology

Taboo of mentioning 空屋 (hung1 uk1, “empty house/room”) in Cantonese, as 空 (hung1, “empty”) is homophonic with 凶 (hung1, “inauspicious”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíwū

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ uk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jíwū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jíwu
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-wu¹
  - Yale: jí-wū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiu
  - Palladius: цзиу (cziu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ u⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gat¹ uk¹
  - Yale: gāt ūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ uk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ ug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ ʊk̚⁵/

Noun

吉屋

(chiefly Cantonese) empty house or room; vacant room

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