吉利 jí lì auspiciousluckypropitiousGeely, Chinese car make Example sentences 妈妈认为打破杯子很不吉利。 māma rènwéi dǎpò bēizi hěn bù jílì. Mom thought it was unlucky when the cup was broken 我很喜欢九,因为长长久久,听起来很吉利。 wǒ hěn xǐhuan jiǔ, yīnwèi cháng cháng jiǔ jiǔ, tīng qilai hěn jílì. I like ''nine'' very much. Because it has the same sound as the word ''long'' in Chinese, it sounds very lucky