What do the words in the attached picture mean?
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mxian -
Hi, I come across the following picture. It seems to advertise something for rent. I can't
recognize the second character. The first character looks like 吉 but I doubt it because the
upper part of the character in the picture looks like 土 (dirt), not 士 (Scholar). The last two
characters seem to be 出租 (to rent). Hope you could help tell me what those words mean. Thank
you very much.
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monto -
I see it is “吉星出租”。there is a car made by Changcheng (Great Wall) auto company
called “金吉星”。
skylee -
It is 吉屋出租 (vacant apartment/house/room for rent).
In describing an empty house/apartment, 吉(lucky) is used to replace the word 空 (vacant/empty)
because the latter's pronunciation in Cantonese is the same as 凶 (unlucky/haunted).
monto -
Quote:
It is 吉屋出租 (vacant apartment/house/room for rent).
I agree with Skylee.
mk063 -
I think it could also be 吉夏出租 , meaning (lucky) summer rental, just my guess..
mxian -
Because the bottom part of the second character looks more like 之 or 夊, I thought it might be
夏. The character 夏 means Summer. It can also mean "something at the center". For example,
華夏 = 中華. I hope language should be unambiguous. But in this case, 吉夏出租 is not as
meaningful as 吉屋出租. So I'm willing to accept 屋 as the verdict (unless someone convinces
me otherwise).
Thank you all for your kind help.
mk063 -
if it's 吉屋出租 , then it's the name of a movie called rent..lol.. check it out:
mystery solved?
mxian -
mk063
Great. It's settled!
Thanks.
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