HSK 5 · Emotions

幸运 xìngyùn “fortunate” in Chinese

Traditional 幸運

What 幸运 means

  1. fortunate
  2. lucky
  3. good fortune
  4. luck

How to say 幸运

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale幸xìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale运yùn4th tone, falling

幸运 in a sentence

  1. 他是多么幸运的人啊！

    Tā shì duōme xìngyùn de rén a!

    What a lucky man he is!

    Sentence #354560 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 幸运的是他有足够的钱来付账。

    Xìngyùn de shì tā yǒu zúgòu de qián lái fùzhàng.

    Luckily, he had enough money to pay the bill.

    Sentence #1394793 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我到银行去，很幸运地不必排队。

    Wǒ dào yínháng qù, hěn xìngyùn de búbì páiduì.

    I went to the bank and luckily didn’t have to queue.

    Sentence #4262156 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 幸运 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 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
The character 运 (yùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
运yùnto move
  • 云cloud · yúnSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 云 (yún) hints at the sound. Compare it with yùn.

How to write 幸运

幸 8 strokes · 运 7 strokes

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

Words related to 幸运

Words with 幸

幸福xìngfú · happiness幸亏xìngkuī · fortunately侥幸jiǎoxìng · lucky荣幸róngxìng · honoured

Words with 运

运动yùndòng · to exercise运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet运输yùnshū · to transport运用yùnyòng · to use运气yùnqi · luck (good or bad)命运mìngyùn · fate运算yùnsuàn · mathematical operation运行yùnxíng · to run托运tuōyùn · to check in (luggage)

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

无奈wúnài · to have no alternative无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter消极xiāojí · negative心理xīnlǐ · psychology遗憾yíhàn · regret勇气yǒngqì · courage愿望yuànwàng · desire运气yùnqi · luck (good or bad)

FAQs

幸运 (xìngyùn) means “fortunate” or “lucky”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xìngyùn: xìng with a 4th tone, then yùn 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, 幸运 is written 幸運. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xingyun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 幸运 from the suggestions. Typing xingyun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
幸运 is an HSK 5 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.