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I don't read Chinese! My partner found this amazing door knocker today, and I would love to know what the characters mean.

Any help would be appreciated!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I read 吉祥 which reads as jíxiáng and simply means “happiness”. But it is hard to tell for sure, because of the rust/oxidation/dirt.

Edit for pronounciation help: reads like Jeep, but leave out the p. xiáng reads like young, but add a sh sound infront: shyoung. The accents indicate, that those are prounounced with a rising tone, the way you raise your voice at the end of a question.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Ah, you wrote ten months ago, not ten minutes... :-( Sorry for replying so late to your post.

[–] port888 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] tehlaughing1 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If it isn't too much to ask, what would be the pinyin pronunciation?

[–] feedum_sneedson 4 points 9 months ago

吉祥
lucky
jí xiáng

[–] tehlaughing1 3 points 10 months ago