HSK 6 · Adjectives

侥幸 jiǎoxìng “lucky” in Chinese

Traditional 僥倖

What 侥幸 means

  1. lucky
  2. by luck
  3. luck
  4. luckily
  5. by a fluke

How to say 侥幸

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale侥jiǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale幸xìng4th tone, falling

侥幸 in a sentence

  1. 好险啊，还好侥幸逃过一劫。

    Hǎo xiǎn a, hái hǎo jiǎoxìng táoguò yì jié.

    That was close! Luckily I had a narrow escape.

    Sentence #10042018 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 侥幸 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 侥 (jiǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
侥jiǎoby mere luck
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 尧a legendary ancient emperor-sage · YáoSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 尧 (Yáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎo.

The character 幸 (xìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
幸xìngtrusted
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 干dry · gān

How to write 侥幸

侥 8 strokes · 幸 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

侥幸 (jiǎoxìng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 侥幸 (jiǎoxìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 侥幸

Words with 幸

幸福xìngfú · happiness幸运xìngyùn · fortunate幸亏xìngkuī · fortunately荣幸róngxìng · honoured

More words: Adjectives

坚实jiānshí · solid简要jiǎnyào · brief坚硬jiānyìng · hard娇气jiāoqì · fragile家喻户晓jiāyùhùxiǎo · known to everyone机动jīdòng · motorised极端jíduān · extreme杰出jiéchū · outstanding

FAQs

侥幸 (jiǎoxìng) means “lucky” or “by luck”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiǎoxìng: jiǎo with a 3rd tone, then xìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 侥幸 is written 僥倖. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaoxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 侥幸 from the suggestions. Typing jiaoxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
侥幸 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.