"錦鯉" meaning in Chinese

See 錦鯉 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kɐm³⁵ lei̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /kɐm³⁵ lei̯¹³/ Chinese transliterations: jǐnlǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄧˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], gam² lei⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], jǐnlǐ [Phonetic:jínlǐ] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], jǐnlǐ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chin³-li³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jǐn-lǐ [Mandarin, Yale], jiinlii [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цзиньли [Mandarin, Palladius], czinʹli [Mandarin, Palladius], gám léih [Cantonese, Yale], gam² lei⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], gem² léi⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 錦鯉
  1. koi Categories (lifeform): Carps
    Sense id: en-錦鯉-zh-noun-wv2RFITB Disambiguation of Carps: 50 20 14 4 12 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 51 16 14 7 12 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 57 12 10 7 14
  2. (slang, neologism) good luck Tags: neologism, slang
    Sense id: en-錦鯉-zh-noun-ZEEFlNcO Categories (other): Chinese neologisms
  3. (slang, neologism) good luck charm; talisman Tags: neologism, slang
    Sense id: en-錦鯉-zh-noun-aDwVe1ix Categories (other): Chinese neologisms
  4. (slang, neologism) lucky person Tags: neologism, slang
    Sense id: en-錦鯉-zh-noun-O7kE4eHC Categories (other): Chinese neologisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Phrase

IPA: /kɐm³⁵ lei̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kɐm³⁵ nei̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kɐm³⁵ lei̯¹³/, /kɐm³⁵ nei̯¹³/ Chinese transliterations: gam² lei⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], gam² nei⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], gám léih [Cantonese, Yale], gám néih [Cantonese, Yale], gam² lei⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], gam² nei⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], gem² léi⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], gem² néi⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Homophone of 噉你 (gam2 nei5). Etymology templates: {{m|zh|噉你|tr=gam2 nei5}} 噉你 (gam2 nei5) Head templates: {{head|zh|phrase}} 錦鯉
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, leetspeak, neologism) … you … then? Used in rhetorical sentences where the speaker does not want to refer directly to "you", which otherwise may cause fury in the discussion. Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, Internet, Leet, neologism
    Sense id: en-錦鯉-zh-phrase-etaAPgjC Categories (other): Chinese leet, Chinese neologisms, Hong Kong Cantonese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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      "zh-pron": "jǐn-lǐ"
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      "zh-pron": "jiinlii"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gem² léi⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gem² néi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐm³⁵ lei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐm³⁵ nei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐm³⁵ lei̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐm³⁵ nei̯¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "錦鯉"
}

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