侥 jiǎo
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 尧 a legendary ancient emperor-sage
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
侥幸
jiǎoxìng
lucky by chance; fluke
Characters in this word
幸 xìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他侥幸通过了审核，却没有真正补齐制度上的漏洞。 Tā jiǎoxìng tōngguò le shěnhé, què méiyǒu zhēnzhèng bǔqí zhìdù shàng de lòudòng. He passed the review by luck, but did not truly close the loopholes in the system.
- 我只是侥幸赢了这一局，其实技术不如他。 Wǒ zhǐshì jiǎoxìng yíng le zhè yì jú, qíshí jìshù bùrú tā. I only won this game by luck; in fact he is more skilled than I am.
- 不要抱着侥幸心理，开车一定要系安全带。 Bú yào bàozhe jiǎoxìng xīnlǐ, kāichē yídìng yào jì ānquándài. Don't count on luck: always fasten your seat belt when driving.
Related words
- 幸福 xìngfú happy; happiness
- 幸运 xìngyùn lucky; luck
- 不幸 búxìng unfortunate; misfortune
- 庆幸 qìngxìng to feel fortunate; to be glad
- 荣幸 róngxìng honoured; privileged
- 幸存 xìngcún to survive
- 幸好 xìnghǎo fortunately; luckily
- 幸亏 xìngkuī thanks to; fortunately
- 幸免 xìngmiǎn to escape by luck; to be spared
- 有幸 yǒuxìng to have the good fortune to
- 莫非 mòfēi could it be that; is it possible that
- 兼 jiān to hold two or more roles; concurrently; also