利是 (lai6 si6, lei6 si6 | ) : lucky money, red packet

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利是

lai6 si6, lei6 si6

A red paper envelope containing money, given as a gift; red packet; lucky money

[Var.] 利事 | Std. Chin.: 紅包 | Originally written as '利市'
Standard is lai6 si6 (change sound for 利), however some say lei6 si6

Classifier: 封

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 265,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

利是

This word has been viewed 8895 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 20th Jul 2004 10:11 and last edited on 30th Dec 2020 22:45

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Characters in this word:

利 lei6, lai6 - profit; gains; benefit; serve
是 si6 - is

4 compounds containing this word:

恭喜發財,利是𢭃來 - a cheeky request for a red packet of lucky money! Happy New Year, let's have a red envelope!
大吉利是 - touch wood
利是封 - red packet, red paper envelope
利利是是 - great profit

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

利事 lai6 si6, lei6 si6 li4 shi4 = lucky money, red packet 粵

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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.
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