AUSPICIOUS  吉祥吉

Of LUCKY OMEN.
PROPITIOUSFAVOURABLEFELICITOUS
Antonym
Hypernym
  • LUCKGOOD BECAUSE IT CAUSES CONTINGENT PROFIT.
    • GOODEXCELLENT in VIRTUE OR in IMPORTANT SKILL.
      • EXCELLENTFEATURE BECAUSE of which SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS OR SHOULD BE PREFERRED to OTHERS
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
Old Chinese Criteria
[ACTION/EVENT]

[ARCHAIC/CURRENT]

[GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

1. The general term is jí 吉 (ant. xiōng 凶 "inauspicious") and refers to any natural phenomenon or supposed supernatural response that is of good omen, in an everyday almost secular way.

[GENERAL]

2. Xiáng 祥 tends to refer to the auspiciousness of human actions, but in its nominal usages it came to be used more generally for all tings that bode well or ill.

[ACTION!]

3. The archaising and elevated, mostly nominal, ruì 瑞 has specific religious connotations with rituals and the Will of Heaven.

[ARCHAIC]

NB: Xìng 幸 (ant. bù xìng 不幸 "unfortunate") is purely "secular", and often coincidental, good luck with no metaphysical or religious significance being attached to the term. See LUCKY

Modern Chinese Criteria
吉兆

嘉祥

彩頭

祥瑞

利市 (coll) refers to a good business omen.

幸運

瑞

祥

禎

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

Words

祥  xiáng OC: sɢlaŋ MC: zi̯ɐŋ 40 Attributions

Xiáng 祥 tends to refer to the auspiciousness of human actions, but in its nominal usages it came to be used more generally for all tings that bode well or ill.

    Word relations
  • Ant: 凶/INAUSPICIOUS The current general word for what is of no good omen is xiōng 凶 (ant. jí 吉).
  • Ant: 妖 / 祅/INAUSPICIOUS Yāo 妖/祅 refers to concrete inauspicious events like animal misfosters.
  • Assoc: 吉/AUSPICIOUS The general term is jí 吉 (ant. xiōng 凶 "inauspicious") and refers to any natural phenomenon or supposed supernatural response that is of good omen, in an everyday almost secular way.

    Syntactic words
  • ngood omens (for son); SHI 189.7: auspicious sign; GY 2.1: auspicious acts (are what one pleases the gods with)
  • nab{PRED}be a matter of auspicious supernatural influenceCH
  • vadNSHI 236: lucky (day); auspicious (hearth, carriage for a deceased person)
  • vi(primarily of human actions:)祥"be of good omen; be deserving of good luck"; 不祥"be of evil omen"; be of good omen, be liable to provoke a positive response from the supernatural world
  • vistative(of things or persons) be auspicious; have good prospects
  • vt+prep+Nbe in auspicious blessed harmony with N, be blessed by NCH
吉  jí OC: kid MC: kit 31 Attributions

The general term is jí 吉 (ant. xiōng 凶 "inauspicious") and refers to any natural phenomenon or supposed supernatural response that is of good omen, in an everyday almost secular way.

    Word relations
  • Ant: 凶/INAUSPICIOUS The current general word for what is of no good omen is xiōng 凶 (ant. jí 吉).
  • Ant: 禍/DISASTER The most common general word for disasters is huò 禍 (ant. fú 福 "good fortune") which has no connotations of any metaphysical kind. (In OBI the character currently transcribed as huò 禍 - and closely related to 占 - refers not only to disasters as such, but particularly to disastrous omens.)
  • Epithet: 福/LUCK The dominant general word for good fortune is fú 福 (ant. huò 禍 "misfortune"), and the dominant general word for good luck is xìng 幸 (ant. yāng 殃 "misfortune").
  • Assoc: 祥/AUSPICIOUS Xiáng 祥 tends to refer to the auspiciousness of human actions, but in its nominal usages it came to be used more generally for all tings that bode well or ill.

    Syntactic words
  • nabevent(Heaven-sent) auspicious events or good fortune
  • nabstativeauspiciousness (or otherwise)
  • v[adN]what is auspicious, something auspiciousCH
  • vadNSHI 252: excellent (officers) SHI 23: fine, excellent (officer, enticing a woman); SHI 80: auspicious (day); YI: auspicious; LIJI 9.90 and LAO 31: auspicious (i.e. festive, business)
  • vibe auspicious; be lucky; bode well
  • vi0there will be good fortuneCH
  • viprocessturn out auspiciously
瑞  ruì OC: djols MC: dʑiɛ 28 Attributions

The archaising and elevated, mostly nominal, ruì 瑞 has specific religious connotations with rituals and the Will of Heaven.

    Syntactic words
  • nauspicious omen; auspicious signs
  • nadNCC, fengyou: auspicious and magic (chart); LIJI 6.72f: auspicious insignia of ran This is very close to xiáng 祥, but more elevated in style and tends to be used nominally.
吉凶  jí xiōng OC: kid qhoŋ MC: kit hi̯oŋ 11 Attributions

Jí xiōng 吉凶 refers to the abstract dimension of auspiciousness versus inauspiciousness.

    Syntactic words
  • NPabfeatureauspiciousness or otherwise> auspiciousness
  • NPab{nab1ant.nab2}conceptthe dimension of auspiciousness versus inauspiciousness; auspiciousness or otherwise
元  yuán OC: ŋɡon MC: ŋi̯ɐn 4 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vadNauspicious (day)
禎  zhēn OC: teŋ MC: ʈiɛŋ 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nabmetaphysicalauspiciousness; good fortune
妖祥  yāo xiáng MC: 'jew zjang OC: qrow sɢlaŋLZ 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPabfeatureauspiciousness or inauspiciousnessLZ
善吉  shàn jí OC: ɡjenʔ kid MC: dʑiɛn kit 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPabstativeauspicious, good state; good form (of a person)
日  rì OC: mljiɡ MC: ȵit 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nauspicious day
  • viwork with the auspiciousness of days/dates 日者 "calendar specialist"
造  zào 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nabpromising potentialCH
利  lì OC: rids MC: li 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNputativefind auspicious
幸  xìng OC: ɢreeŋʔ MC: ɦɣɛŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
良吉  liáng jí OC: ɡ-raŋ kid MC: li̯ɐŋ kit 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPiIt is auspicious

Existing SW for

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