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幸

xìng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 倖

What 幸 means

1. trusted
2. intimate
3. (of the emperor) to visit
4. variant of {幸|xìng}

Other readings

幸 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xìngfortunate; lucky
• Xìngsurname Xing

Example sentences

• 幸会。
  Xìnghuì.
  It's a privilege to meet you.
• 你侥幸了。
  Nǐ jiǎoxìng le.
  You got off easy.
• 你幸福吗？
  Are you happy?
• 我很幸福。
  I'm very happy.
• 他会幸存。
  He will survive.
• 当幸福敲门时
  Dāng xìngfú qiāomén shí
  When happiness comes knocking at your door.

Words starting with 幸

• 幸福xìng fúhappiness; happy; blessed
• 幸运xìng yùnfortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck
• 幸亏xìng kuīfortunately; luckily
• 幸好xìng hǎofortunately
• 幸灾乐祸xìng zāi lè huòlit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom)…
• 幸免xìng miǎnto avoid (an unpleasant fate)
• 幸存者xìng cún zhěsurvivor
• 幸而xìng érby good fortune; luckily
• 幸存xìng cúnto survive (a disaster)
• 幸运儿xìng yùn érwinner; lucky guy; person who always gets good breaks
• 幸事xìng shìsth fortunate; a lucky chance
• 幸喜xìng xǐfortunately
• 幸会xìng huìnice to meet you
• 幸甚xìng shèn(literary) very fortunate
• 幸进xìng jìnto get through by luck; to be promoted by a fluke
• 幸福学xìng fú xuéeudemonics; hedonomics
• 幸运信xìng yùn xìnchain letter
• 幸运曲奇xìng yùn qū qífortune cookie
• 幸运抽奖xìng yùn chōu jiǎnglucky draw; lottery
• 幸运饼干xìng yùn bǐng gānfortune cookie
• 幸甚至哉xìng shèn zhì zāifilled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操

Words containing 幸

• 荣幸róng xìnghonored (to have the privilege of ...)
• 不幸bù xìngmisfortune; adversity; unfortunate
• 庆幸qìng xìngto rejoice; to be glad
• 有幸yǒu xìngfortunately
• 侥幸jiǎo xìngluckily; by a fluke
• 万幸wàn xìngvery lucky indeed
• 天幸tiān xìngprovidential good luck; a narrow escape
• 所幸suǒ xìngfortunately (formal writing)
• 临幸lín xìngto go in person (of emperor); to copulate with a concubine (of emperor)
• 小确幸xiǎo què xìngsth small that one can find pleasure in…
• 不幸之事bù xìng zhī shìmishap
• 不幸之幸bù xìng zhī xìnga fortune in misfortune; a positive in the negative
• 不幸言中bù xìng yán zhòngto turn out just as one predicted or feared
• 瑞幸咖啡Ruì xìng Kā fēiLuckin Coffee, chain of coffee shops founded in Beijing in 2017
• 欣幸xīn xìngdelighted; overjoyed
• 薄幸bó xìngfickle; inconstant person
• 宠幸chǒng xìng(old) (esp. of the Emperor) to show special favor towards
• 惨遭不幸cǎn zāo bù xìngto meet with disaster; to die tragically
• 郑幸娟Zhèng Xìng juānZheng Xingjuan (1989–), Chinese female high jumper
• 侥幸心理jiǎo xìng xīn lǐtrusting to luck; wishful thinking
• 三生有幸sān shēng yǒu xìngthe blessing of three lifetimes (idiom); (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
• 徼幸jiǎo xìngvariant of 侥幸

Characters built on 土

These share the phonetic component 土 (tǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 境jìngborder; place; condition
• 型xíngmold; type; style
• 坪pínga plain; ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters…
• 茔yíng(literary) a grave

Characters that look like 幸

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 学xuéto learn; to study; to imitate
• 牢láo(literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast
• 孝xiàofilial piety or obedience; mourning apparel
• 帚zhǒubroom
• 孪luántwins
• 孛bèicomet

Sounds the same

Read xìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 兴feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement
• 性nature; character; property
• 姓family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
• 杏apricot; (bound form) almond
• 悻angry
• 荇yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
• 臖to swell; swelling
• 莕Nymphoides peltatum
• 涬watery expanse
• 婞upright
• 嬹old variant of 兴