hang6倖
Jyutpinghang6
Yalehahng
Definition
Good luck, fortune, or a stroke of luck; narrowly escaping disaster.
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How it's used
This character is primarily a bound morpheme used in formal or literary compounds rather than as a standalone word in spoken Cantonese. It carries a sense of escaping misfortune or surviving against the odds. You will rarely hear it in casual conversation, where people prefer using words like 好彩 or 幸運.
Examples
He was really lucky to escape unscathed this time.
Among those in this accident, who are the survivors?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 幸, which is the more common character for luck or fortune. 倖 is almost exclusively reserved for contexts involving survival or narrow escapes from disaster.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
