Lucky in Chinese
lucky · HSK 5
幸运
- 幸 fortunate
- 运 to move
我真幸运，赶上了最后一班车。 I was really lucky to catch the last bus.
Other ways to say lucky
More words with 幸 or 运
How do you say lucky in Chinese?
Lucky in Chinese is 幸运 (xìng yùn). You can also say 吉祥 (jí xiáng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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