交吉

Chinese

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Etymology

Originally 交空 (gaau¹ hung¹). 空 (hung¹, “vacant”) is homophonous with 凶 (hung¹, “ferocious; inauspicious”), thus changed to 吉 (gat¹, “auspicious”) by taboo.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ gat¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau¹ gat¹
  - Yale: gāau gāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ gat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ ged¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ kɐt̚⁵/

Verb

交吉

(Cantonese) to deliver the vacant possession of a property

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