(hǎo yùn) - good luck, good fortune in Mandarin

hǎoyùn

Traditional: 好運

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Translation

good luck, good fortune

Word origin

A compound of 好 (hǎo, good) and 运 (yùn, fortune, luck), literally good fortune.

Origin: compound
Root: 好 (hǎo, good) + 运 (yùn, fortune)

Stroke order

好

运

Examples

！

Wishing you good luck!

。

My good luck arrived today.

。

I hope good fortune always stays with you.

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He won the match by good luck.

符fú。

This amulet can bring good luck.

好运 (hǎo yùn) means good luck or good fortune. It is most often heard in the well-wish 祝你好运 (wishing you good luck).

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This word is part of lesson 38.