幸 (hang6 | xing4) : lucky; fortunate; good fortune; rejoice

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幸

hang6

xing4

[1] [adj] lucky; fortunate; happy
[2] [n] good fortune; well-being; happiness
[3] [v] rejoice; feel happy about; delight
[3] [adv] hopefully; kindly; expectantly
[5] [v] [archaic] make an imperial presence

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 干 (#51)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

幸

Don't confuse with:
辛

This word has been viewed 11335 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Apr 2015 03:37

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幸福 hang6 fuk1 xing4 fu2 = happy; blissful

幸好 hang6 hou2 xing4 hao3 = luckily 國

幸虧 hang6 kwai1 xing4 kui1 = luckily 國

幸運 hang6 wan6 xing4 yun4 = lucky; good fortune

幸災樂禍 hang6 zoi1 lok6 wo6 xing4 zai1 le4 huo4 = schadenfreude; enjoying seeing or hearing about troubles of other people

不幸 bat1 hang6 bu4*2 xing4 = unfortunate; misfortune

榮幸 wing4 hang6 rong2 xing4 = honoured

慶幸 hing3 hang6 qing4 xing4 = rejoice; congratulate oneself

不幸之事 bat1 hang6 zi1 si6 bu4 xing4 zhi1 shi4 = mishap 國

不幸的 bat1 hang6 dik1 bu4 xing2 de5 = unlucky 國
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Showing all 2 examples containing 幸

不要嘲笑別人的錯誤或不幸。國
Do not jeer at the mistakes or misfortunes of others.

幸好還有公民黨國
Thank goodness, we still have the Civic Party.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 幸
Unicode code for this character: U+5e78 (off-site link)

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