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幸运 (xìng yùn) — lucky; fortunate; luck; fortune

Definition

幸运 works as both an adjective ('lucky') and a noun ('luck'). Compared to 运气 (chance/luck as an abstract force), 幸运 emphasizes the fortunate state or outcome itself.

luckyfortunateluckfortune

Examples

  • 幸运，。
    Jīn tiān wǒ hěn xìng yùn, jiàn dào le lǎo péng you.
    I'm very lucky today — I ran into an old friend.
  • 幸运，。
    xìng yùn Hěn zhòng yào, dàn shì nǔ lì gèng zhòng yào.
    Luck is important, but effort is even more important.
  • 幸运，。
    Nǐ zhēn xìng yùn, zhǎo dào le zhè me hǎo de gōng zuò.
    You're really lucky to have found such a good job.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

幸xìngfortunate
运yùnluck

The 幸 (fortunate) describes the 运 (luck), giving good fortune or lucky.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 幸 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 運; 运 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辵辵chuòmotion
Sound part声符shēngfú
軍
軍jūn運yùn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 運 combines 辵, meaning motion, with 軍 to give the sound; the simplified 运 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 运 →
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