利市

Chinese
 
advantage; benefit; profit
advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
 market; city
simp. and trad.
(利市)		 利 市
alternative forms 利是 Cantonese
利事 Cantonese
利士 Cantonese
利市 (紅包) - contemporary red envelopes

Pronunciation

Note:
  • lai6 si6, lei6 si6 - red envelope, lucky;
  • lei6 si5 - literary.

Noun

利市

  1. profits
  2. (literary) good business; good market
  3. (dialectal) omen of good business
  4. (Cantonese, Hakka, Nanning Pinghua, Guangxi Mandarin, Teochew) 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]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 紅包
Mandarin Beijing 紅包兒
Taiwan 紅包
Jinan 紅包
Guilin 紅包, 封包
Liuzhou 紅包
Nanning (Fujian) 封包, 利市
Nanning (Wuming) 封包, 利市, 紅包
Yizhou 封包, 利市, 紅包
Singapore 紅包
Cantonese Guangzhou 利市
Hong Kong 利市
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 賞封
Macau 利市
Guangzhou (Panyu) 利市
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 利市
Guangzhou (Conghua) 利市
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 利市
Foshan 利市
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 利市
Foshan (Shunde) 利市
Foshan (Sanshui) 封包, 利市
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 封包
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 利市
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 利市
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 利市
Zhuhai (Doumen) 利市
Jiangmen (Baisha) 利市
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 利市
Taishan 利市
Kaiping (Chikan) 利市
Enping (Niujiang) 利市
Heshan (Yayao) 利市
Dongguan 利市
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 利市
Nanning 利市
Guiping (Jiangkou) 利市
Guiping (Madong) 封包, 利市
Baise 利市
Qinzhou 利市, 封包
Qinzhou (Changtan) 利市, 封包
Singapore (Guangfu) 紅包
Gan Pingxiang 紅包
Hakka Meixian 利市
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 利市
Dongguan (Qingxi) 利市, 利市包
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 利市
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 利市袋
Conghua (Lütian) 利市
Yudu 紅包
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 紅包
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 紅包
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 紅包
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 紅包
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 紅包
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 紅包
Bobai (Lingping) 封包
Southern Min Xiamen 紅包
Quanzhou 紅包
Shishi 紅包
Zhangzhou 紅包
Tainan 紅包
Penang (Hokkien) 紅包
Singapore (Hokkien) 紅包
Manila (Hokkien) 紅包
Chaozhou 紅包
Shantou 紅包
Jieyang 紅包, 利市
Singapore (Teochew) 紅包
Pontianak (Teochew) 紅包
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 利市, 利市包
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 利市
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Yangjia) 封包
Lingchuan (Sanjie) 封包, 紅包
Wu Danyang 紅包
Jinhua 紅包
Xiang Loudi 紅包

Derived terms
  • 利市封
  • 利市核

Descendants
  • → English: lai see
  • → Macanese: laissí
  • → Vietnamese: lì xì
  • → Zhuang: leixseih (“red envelope”)

Adjective

利市

  1. (dialectal, chiefly Cantonese, Hakka) lucky
  2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, of a business) prosperous

Derived terms
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