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Xing Yun - Daily Mandarin Lesson

"Lucky" in Mandarin Chinese

By Qiu Gui Su, About.com

Xing Yun

Meaning

fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck

Pronunciation

Tone marks: ►xìng yùn
Tone numbers:

Chinese Characters

Traditional: 幸運
Simplified: 幸运

First Character: 幸 (xìng) – fortunate; lucky
Second Character: 運 (yùn) – to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate

Examples of Xìng Yùn

Audio files are marked with ►

Wǒ de xìng yùn hào mǎ shì sān.
我的幸運號碼是三
我的幸运号码是三
Three is my lucky number.

Zhù nǐ xìng yùn zhōng jiǎng.
祝你幸運中獎
祝你幸运中奖
I wish you good luck in achieving your goal.

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