# 利市
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lìshì
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lai$^6$ si$^6$ / lei$^6$ si$^6$ / lei$^6$ si$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lei$^5$ si$^5$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): li$^4$ si$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lī-chhī / lī-chhǐ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): li$^7$ ci$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lìshì
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lìshìh
*** Wade–Giles: li$^4$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: lì-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihshyh
*** Palladius: лиши (liši)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$例示 利市 力士 立式 立誓
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lai$^6$ si$^6$ / lei$^6$ si$^6$ / lei$^6$ si$^5$
*** Yale: laih sih / leih sih / leih síh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lai$^6$ si$^6$ / lei$^6$ si$^6$ / lei$^6$ si$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lei$^6$ xi$^6$ / léi$^6$ xi$^6$ / léi$^6$ xi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐi̯²² siː²²/, /lei̯²² siː²²/, /lei̯²² siː¹³/
* lai6 si6, lei6 si6 - red envelope, lucky;
* lei6 si5 - literary.

### Noun

利市
* profits
* (literary) good business; good market
* (dialectal) omen of good business
* (Cantonese, Hakka, Nanning Pinghua, Guangxi Mandarin, Teochew) red envelope; red packet; lai see (a monetary gift which is given during holidays or special occasions) (Classifier: 封)
       fung$^1$ jat$^1$ baak$^3$ man$^1$ lai$^6$ si$^6$ bei$^2$ keoi$^5$ laa$^1$. [Jyutping]
       Give him a $100 red envelope.

#### Synonyms

* (red envelope):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 紅包 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 紅包兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 紅包 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 紅包 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 紅包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 紅包, 封包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 紅包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fujian) | 封包, 利市 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 封包, 利市, 紅包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 封包, 利市, 紅包 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 賞封 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 封包, 利市 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 封包 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jiangkou) | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Madong) | 封包, 利市 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 利市 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 利市, 封包 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Changtan) | 利市, 封包 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 紅包 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 紅包 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 利市 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 利市 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 利市, 利市包 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 利市 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 利市袋 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 利市 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 紅包 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 紅包 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 紅包 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 紅包 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 紅包 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 紅包 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 紅包 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 封包 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 紅包 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 紅包 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 紅包 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 紅包 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 紅包 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 紅包 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 紅包 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 紅包 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 紅包 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 紅包 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 紅包, 利市 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 紅包 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 紅包 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 利市, 利市包 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 利市 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Yangjia) | 封包 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Sanjie) | 封包, 紅包 |
| Wu | Danyang | 紅包 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 紅包 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 紅包 |

#### Derived terms

* 利市封
* 利市核

#### Descendants

* → English: lai see
* → Macanese: laissí
* → Vietnamese: lì xì
* → Zhuang: leixseih (“red envelope”)

### Adjective

利市
* (dialectal, chiefly Cantonese, Hakka) lucky
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien, of a business) prosperous

#### Derived terms

* 利利市市
* 大吉利市