吉历

吉曆

Jílì

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Meanings

1 Gigi / Jilly (given-name transliteration; also occasionally a Chinese personal name meaning 'auspicious calendar')

Characters

auspicious, lucky (phonetic 'gi')

calendar, to undergo (phonetic 'li')

Examples

吉历是这个角色的名字。

Jílì shì zhège juésè de míngzi.

Jilly is the name of this character.

他叫吉历，是英国人。

Tā jiào Jílì, shì Yīngguó rén.

His name is Gilly; he's British.

Tips

usage

Phonetic transliteration of Western diminutives like 'Gigi', 'Gilly', or 'Jilly' as encountered in subtitle corpora. 吉 ('auspicious') is a common name-syllable choice for the 'gi/ji' sound, also seen in 吉米 (Jimmy) and 吉娜 (Gina); 历 picks up the 'li' sound.

Stroke Order

吉 jí

历 lì