吉凶

Chinese

		lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	fierce; terrible; ominous
simp. and trad. (吉凶)		吉	凶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jíxiōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄩㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jísyong
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-hsiung¹
  - Yale: jí-syūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishiong
  - Palladius: цзисюн (czisjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gat¹ hung¹
  - Yale: gāt hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ hung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kit-hiûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gid^ˋ hiung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gid⁵ hiung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kit̚² hi̯uŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gid hiung^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kit⁵⁻² hiuŋ⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gék-hṳ̆ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ hyŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-hiong
  - Tâi-lô: kiat-hiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiathiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	吉	凶
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jí	xiōng
Middle Chinese	‹ kjit ›	‹ xjowng ›
Old Chinese	/C.qi[t]/ (C.q- > *k-, escaping palatalization)	/*qʰ(r)oŋ/
English	auspicious	unlucky
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

吉凶

good or bad luck
- 是何祥也？吉凶焉在？ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Shì hé xiáng yě? Jíxiōng yān zài? [Pinyin]
  What omens are these? What felicity or calamity is in them?