# 吉利 (jílì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 吉利 (jílì) means “lucky; auspicious; propitious”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: lucky; auspicious; propitious
- Pinyin: jílì (ji2 li4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 八在中国是个很吉利的数字。
  Bā zài Zhōngguó shì gè hěn jílì de shùzì.
  Eight is a very lucky number in China.

## Characters

- 吉 (jí): lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
- [利](https://hanziro.com/word/li-benefit/) (lì): benefit; profit

https://hanziro.com/word/ji-li-lucky/

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