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粵語辭叢

大吉利是

daai6 gat1 lai6 si6included in 3 dictionaries
daai6 gat1 lei6 si6included in 2 dictionaries
daai4 gat1 li4 si4included in 1 dictionaries
廣州話俗語詞典: 246CantonWord
Jyutping:
daai6 gat1 lai6 si6Original phonetic: dai6 ged1 lei6 xi6

原来应该是“大吉利市”,但人们多写作“大吉利是”或“大吉利事”,大吉大利的意思。迷信的人遇到认为不吉利的事时,立即说声“大吉利是”以消晦气。

Examples

今早一出门就撞见嗰单嘢,真系大吉利是咯

今天一大早出门就碰上那种东西,真是倒霉透了

粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
Jyutping:
daai6 gat1 lai6 si6
daai6 gat1 lei6 si6

有人講咗或者發生咗唔#吉利、唔好#意頭 嘅事之後講嘅嘢,藉好運之意趕走衰氣 (an expression that is used when something inauspicious has been said or has just happened, based on a belief of counteracting; literally, great luck auspicious thing)

語句

Examples

今日十三號星期五,一出門口就撞見架棺材車,真係大吉利是啊!

gam1 jat6 sap6 saam1 hou2 sing1 kei4 ng5, jat1 ceot1 mun4 hau2 zau6 zong6 gin3 gaa3 gun1 coi4 ce1, zan1 hai6 daai6 gat1 lai6 si6 aa3!

Today's Friday the 13th, and I saw a hearse right as I left home. What bad luck!

維基辭典YuePhrase
Jyutping:
daai6 gat1 lai6 si6Original phonetic: /taːi̯²² kɐt̚⁵ lɐi̯²² siː²²/
daai6 gat1 lei6 si6Original phonetic: /taːi̯²² kɐt̚⁵ lei̯²² siː²²/

alternative form of 大吉利市 (“touch wood”)