gau3 wan6夠運够运
Jyutpinggau3 wan6
Yalegau wahn
Definition
To be lucky or fortunate; to have good things happen by chance.
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How it's used
Focuses specifically on the sense of being fortunate in a particular moment or situation, rather than describing someone as a naturally lucky person. It often appears in contexts where someone narrowly avoids a negative outcome or gains an unexpected advantage. The structure often involves the adverb 咁 to emphasize the degree of luck involved.
Examples
You are really lucky this time, you almost arrived late.
He is never lucky whenever he buys the Mark Six, he loses every time.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 好彩, which is a more general way to say fortunate or luckily. 夠運 carries a slightly stronger nuance of having enough luck to overcome a specific hurdle or to have a favorable outcome in a game of chance.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
