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

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
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/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋieu/ /ɣæŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yáo hèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jiu4 hang6
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

Synonyms

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
Hyōgaiji		 こう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
僥幸
ぎょう幸

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 僥幸 (MC ŋeu ɦˠɛŋX).

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)?

  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

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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”).
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