祥 (coeng4 | xiang2) : auspicious; propitious

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祥

coeng4

xiang2

auspicious; propitious; lucky

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 示 (#113)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

祥

This word has been viewed 10309 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Oct 2010 01:47

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慈祥 ci4 coeng4 ci2 xiang2 = kindly

不祥 bat1 coeng4 bu4 xiang2 = ominous; inauspicious 國

不祥的 bat1 coeng4 dik1 bu4 xiang2 de5 = ominous 國

吉祥 gat1 coeng4 ji2 xiang2 = lucky

安祥 on1 coeng4 an1 xiang2 = serene; composed; unruffled

吉祥物 gat1 coeng4 mat6 ji2 xiang2 wu4 = [n] a mascot

吉祥如意 gat1 coeng4 jyu4 ji3 ji2 xiang2 ru2 yi4 = good fortune as one wishes (a good luck blessing)

恭喜吉祥 gung1 hei2 gat1 coeng4 gong1 xi3 ji2 xiang2 = congratulations and luck (Lunar New Year greeting)

嘉祥 gaa1 coeng4 jia1 xiang2 = Jiaxiang (place in Shandong)

憑祥 pang4 coeng4 ping2 xiang2 = Pingxiang (city in Guangxi)

林子祥 lam4 zi2 coeng4 lin2 zi3 xiang2 = George Lam

黎耀祥 lai4 jiu6 coeng4 li2 yao4 xiang2 = Wayne Lai Yiu-Cheung

陳百祥 can4 baak3 coeng4 chen2 bai3 xiang2 = Natalis Chan Pak Cheung

陳慶祥 can4 hing3 coeng4 chen2 qing4 xiang2 = Tan Kheng Seong

羅志祥 lo4 zi3 coeng4 luo2 zhi4 xiang2 = Show Luo (a.k.a., Alan Luo)

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十三不祥
13 is an unlucky number

當日天陰陰，落雨絲濕噉，一出門口我都經已有不祥嘅預感粵
That day the weather was overcast and about to rain. I had a very bad feeling as I stepped out my house.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 祥
Unicode code for this character: U+7965 (off-site link)

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