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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìshì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lai⁶ si⁶ / lei⁶ si⁶ / lei⁶ si⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lei⁵ si⁵
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): li⁴ si⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lī-chhī / lī-chhǐ

(Teochew, Peng'im): li⁷ ci⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìshìh
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: lì-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihshyh
  - Palladius: лиши (liši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lai⁶ si⁶ / lei⁶ si⁶ / lei⁶ si⁵
  - Yale: laih sih / leih sih / leih síh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶ si⁶ / lei⁶ si⁶ / lei⁶ si⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶ xi⁶ / léi⁶ xi⁶ / léi⁶ xi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²² siː²²/, /lei̯²² siː²²/, /lei̯²² siː¹³/

Note:

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

(Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lei⁵ si⁵
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei³² si³²/

Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: li⁴ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-chhī
  - Tâi-lô: lī-tshī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixchi
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰi²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰi³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-chhǐ
  - Tâi-lô: lī-tshǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰi²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li⁷ ci⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lī tshĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li¹¹ t͡sʰi³⁵/

Noun

利市

profits
(literary) good business; good market
(dialectal) omen of good business
(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)
封一百蚊利市畀佢啦。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
fung¹ jat¹ baak³ man¹ lai⁶ si⁶ bei² keoi⁵ laa¹. [Jyutping]
Give him a $100 red envelope.

Synonyms

(red envelope):

Dialectal synonyms of 紅包 (“red envelope”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		紅包
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	紅包兒
	Taiwan	紅包
	Singapore	紅包
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	紅包
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	紅包, 封包
	Liuzhou	紅包
	Nanning (Fujian)	封包, 利市
	Nanning (Wuming)	封包, 利市, 紅包
	Hechi (Yizhou)	封包, 利市, 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, Xiangzhou)	利市
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	利市, 利市包
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	利市
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Yangjia)	封包
Northern Pinghua	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	封包, 紅包
Wu	Danyang	紅包
Wu	Jinhua	紅包
Xiang	Loudi	紅包

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Adjective

利市

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

Derived terms