See also: 侥幸

Chinese edit

by mere luck lucky
trad. (僥倖/僥幸/徼幸/儌倖/徼倖) // /
simp. (侥幸)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (33)
Final () (93) (117)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV II
Fanqie
Baxter ngew heangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋeu/ /ɦˠɛŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋeu/ /ɦᵚæŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋeu/ /ɣɐŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɛw/ /ɦəɨjŋX/
Li
Rong
/ŋeu/ /ɣɛŋX/
Wang
Li
/ŋieu/ /ɣæŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋieu/ /ɣæŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yáo hèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jiu4 hang6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiǎo
Middle
Chinese
‹ kewX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁewʔ/
English luck

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 14687 14691 13882
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kŋeːwʔ/ /*ŋeːw/ /*ɡreːŋʔ/
Notes

Adjective edit

僥倖

  1. lucky; by fluke or chance
  2. (Hokkien) pitiful; regrettable

Synonyms edit

Verb edit

僥倖

  1. to try one's luck

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (僥倖):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ぎょう
Hyōgaiji
こう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
僥幸
ぎょう幸

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 僥幸 (MC ngew heangX).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ぎょう)(こう) (gyōkōげうかう (geukau)?

  1. an almost impossible lucky event; miracle

Verb edit

(ぎょう)(こう)する (gyōkō suruげうかう (geukau)?transitive suru (stem (ぎょう)(こう) (gyōkō shi), past (ぎょう)(こう)した (gyōkō shita))

  1. to wait for a miracle to happen

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

僥倖 (yohaeng) (hangeul 요행)

  1. Hanja form? of 요행 (stroke of fortune, lucky fluke; hoping for a fluke).