幸运者 (xìng yùn zhě) — lucky person, fortunate person

Definition

幸运者 (xìngyùnzhě) is a formal noun for 'lucky person,' using the suffix 者 to single out one individual. Compare with the adjective 幸运 and noun 运气, which describe luck itself rather than the person who has it.

noun
lucky personfortunate person
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 幸运者，。
    Tā zhēn shì gè xìng yùn zhě, mǎi cǎi piào zhōng le jiǎng.
    He's really a lucky person — he won a prize on a lottery ticket.
  • 幸运者，。
    Zuò wéi xìng yùn zhě, tā zǒng shì yù dào hǎo shì.
    As a lucky person, she always encounters good things.
  • 幸运者。
    Zhè cì bǐ sài de xìng yùn zhě huò dé le dà jiǎng.
    The lucky person of this competition won the grand prize.

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lucky
幸xìnglucky运yùnfortune
联合Side by side
者zhěperson

幸运 carries the idea of luck, and 者 points to the person.

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 form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.

Open 者 →

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