僥倖

See also: 侥幸

Chinese

		by mere luck	lucky
trad. (僥倖/僥幸/徼幸/儌倖/徼倖)		僥/徼/儌	倖/幸
simp. (侥幸)		侥	幸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎoxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹ hang⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiau-hěng / hiau-hēng / kiau-hēng / hiâu-hēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiou¹ hêng⁶ / hiao¹ hêng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎoxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎosìng
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: jyǎu-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaushinq
    • Palladius: цзяосин (czjaosin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hiu¹ hang⁶
    • Yale: hīu hahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹ hang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹ heng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵ hɐŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiau-hěng
    • Tâi-lô: hiau-hǐng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiau³³ hiɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiau-hēng
    • Tâi-lô: hiau-hīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiau'heng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiau³³ hiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiau⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiau⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiau-hēng
    • Tâi-lô: kiau-hīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiau'heng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiau⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiâu-hēng
    • Tâi-lô: hiâu-hīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiau'heng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiau²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiau²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiou¹ hêng⁶ / hiao¹ hêng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiou hĕng / hiau hĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiou³³⁻²³ heŋ³⁵/, /hiau³³⁻²³ heŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngew heangX

Rime
Character	僥	倖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	II
Fanqie	五聊切	胡耿切
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋieu/	/ɣæŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	hèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4	hang6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kŋeːwʔ|ŋeːw  ɡreːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	僥
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	僥	僥	倖
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	14687	14691	13882
Phonetic component	垚	垚	幸
Rime group	宵	宵	耕
Rime subdivision	2	2	0
Corresponding MC rime		堯	幸
Old Chinese	/*kŋeːwʔ/	/*ŋeːw/	/*ɡreːŋʔ/
Notes	僥倖見莊子

Adjective

僥倖

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

   • 月暗淡的光線照著僥倖的人 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     月暗淡的光线照著侥幸的人 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2018, 一九四五 1945 (Theme of Raid on Takao), 滅火器 ( Fire EX.)

     goe̍h àm-tām ê kng-sòaⁿ chiò tio̍h hiâu-hēng ê lâng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     As the dim light of the moon shines on this pitiful person

Synonyms

• (Wu) 額角頭／额角头

Verb

僥倖

1. to try one's luck

Derived terms

• 行嶮僥倖 / 行崄侥幸

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (僥倖):

• → Japanese: 僥倖(ぎょうこう) (gyōkō)
• → Korean: 요행(僥倖) (yohaeng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
僥	倖
ぎょう Hyōgai	こう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
僥幸 ぎょう幸

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 僥幸 (MC ngew heangX).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎょーこー [gyòókóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

僥(ぎょう)倖(こう) • (gyōkō) ^{←げうかう (geukau)?}

1. an almost impossible lucky event; miracle

Verb

僥(ぎょう)倖(こう)する • (gyōkō suru) ^{←げうかう (geukau)?}transitive suru (stem 僥(ぎょう)倖(こう)し (gyōkō shi), past 僥(ぎょう)倖(こう)した (gyōkō shita))

1. to wait for a miracle to happen

Korean

Hanja in this term
僥	倖

Noun

僥倖 • (yohaeng) (hangeul 요행)

1. hanja form^? of 요행 (“stroke of fortune, lucky fluke; hoping for a fluke”)