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幸運

幸運

See also: 幸运

Chinese

fortunate; lucky
 
to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate
trad. (幸運)
simp. (幸运)

Adjective

幸運

  1. lucky; fortunate
    覺得幸運 / 觉得幸运   Wǒ jiàode wǒ hěn xìngyùn.   I feel I am very fortunate.

Noun

幸運

  1. good luck

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 3
うん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

/kauun//kɔːun//koːun/

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 幸運 (hɛngX hjunH, literally lucky fortune).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Adjectival noun

幸運 (-na inflection, hiragana こううん, romaji kōun, historical hiragana かううん)

  1. lucky, fortunate

Inflection

Noun

幸運 (hiragana こううん, romaji kōun, historical hiragana かううん)

  1. luck; good luck; good fortune

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja

幸運 (haeng-un) (hangeul 행운, revised haeng-un, McCune-Reischauer haeng'un, Yale hayng.wun)

  1. Hanja form? of 행운, “luck; good luck; good fortune”.