HSK 6 · Adjectives

吉祥 jíxiáng “lucky” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 吉祥 means

  1. lucky
  2. auspicious
  3. propitious

How to say 吉祥

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale吉jí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale祥xiáng2nd tone, rising

吉祥 in a sentence

  1. 红色在中国代表吉祥。

    Hóngsè zài Zhōngguó dàibiǎo jíxiáng.

    In China, red stands for good luck.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 过年的时候，大家都说吉祥的话。

    Guònián de shíhou, dàjiā dōu shuō jíxiáng de huà.

    At New Year, everyone says lucky phrases.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 吉祥 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 吉 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
吉jílucky
  • 士scholar · shì
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 祥 (xiáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
祥xiángauspicious
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shìMeaning part
  • 羊sheep · yángSound part

礻 hints at the meaning (sign); 羊 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiáng.

How to write 吉祥

吉 6 strokes · 祥 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

吉祥 (jíxiáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 吉祥 (jíxiáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 吉祥

Words with 祥

慈祥cíxiáng · kindly

More words: Adjectives

精确jīngquè · accurate精心jīngxīn · meticulous精致jīngzhì · exquisite紧迫jǐnpò · urgent机智jīzhì · quick-witted倔强juéjiàng · stubborn剧烈jùliè · violent举足轻重jǔzúqīngzhòng · to play a decisive role

FAQs

吉祥 (jíxiáng) means “lucky” or “auspicious”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jíxiáng: jí with a 2nd tone, then xiáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 吉祥 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jixiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 吉祥 from the suggestions. Typing jixiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
吉祥 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.