恭喜吉祥

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggung1 hei2 gat1 coeng4

Meanings

  1. wishing you good fortune and luck (a Chinese New Year greeting) [written and colloquial]
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Same syllable, six tones

gat吉gat1luckygat2—gat3—gat4—gat5—gat6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: gong1xi3 ji2xiang2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Exact source record & identity恭喜吉祥 恭喜吉祥 [gong1xi3 ji2xiang2] {gung1 hei2 gat1 coeng4} /wishing you good fortune and luck (a Chinese New Year greeting) [written and colloquial]/

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