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幸运儿 (xìng yùn ér) — fortune's favorite, lucky person

Definition

A 'lucky one' — someone who keeps getting good breaks. Note the 儿 is part of the word (noun), not the standalone '儿' suffix.

noun
fortune's favoritelucky person
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 幸运儿，。
    Tā zhēn shì gè xìng yùn ér, měi cì chōu jiǎng dōu néng zhōng.
    He's really a lucky person — he wins every lottery draw.
  • 幸运儿。
    Zhè cì bǐ sài de xìng yùn ér shì yí wèi nián qīng xuǎn shǒu.
    The lucky winner of this competition is a young contestant.
  • 幸运儿，。
    Dà jiā dōu xiàn mù zhè ge xìng yùn ér, tā de yùn qì tài hǎo le.
    Everyone envies this fortune's favorite — his luck is just too good.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

幸运
幸xìnglucky运yùnluck
联合Coordinate
儿érdiminutive

Combines 幸运, meaning lucky, with 儿 to refer to a person favored by luck.

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 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 儿 is a simple drawing of a standing person, used as an alternate form of the character for person.

Open 儿 →
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