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

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/

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/	/ɦˠɛŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋeu/	/ɦᵚæŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋeu/	/ɣɐŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛw/	/ɦəɨjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/ŋeu/	/ɣɛŋ^X/
Wang Li	/ŋieu/	/ɣæŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋieu/	/ɣæŋ^X/
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	‹ kew^X ›
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

lucky; by fluke or chance
(Hokkien) pitiful; regrettable
- 2018, “一九四五 [1945]”‎^[1]performed by 滅火器樂團 [Fire EX.]:
  
  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.]
  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

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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

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

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))

to wait for a miracle to happen

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
僥	倖

Noun

僥倖 • (yohaeng) (hangeul 요행)

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

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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