# 僥倖
## Chinese

| | | by mere luck | lucky |
| trad. (僥倖/僥幸/徼幸/儌倖/徼倖) | trad. (僥倖/僥幸/徼幸/儌倖/徼倖) | 僥/徼/儌 | 倖/幸 |
| simp. (侥幸) | simp. (侥幸) | 侥 | 幸 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǎoxìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu$^1$ hang$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hiau-hěng / hiau-hēng / kiau-hēng / hiâu-hēng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hiou$^1$ hêng$^6$ / hiao$^1$ hêng$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎoxìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎosìng
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^3$-hsing$^4$
*** Yale: jyǎu-syìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaushinq
*** Palladius: цзяосин (czjaosin)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hiu$^1$ hang$^6$
*** Yale: hīu hahng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hiu$^1$ hang$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hiu$^1$ heng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: hiou$^1$ hêng$^6$ / hiao$^1$ hêng$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiou hĕng / hiau hĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /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$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋieu/ | /ɣæŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yáo | hèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jiu$^4$ | hang$^6$ |
* 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
    From: 2018, 一九四五 1945 (Theme of Raid on Takao), 滅火器 ( Fire EX.)
    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

* → 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])
* IPA: [ɡʲo̞ːko̞ː]

### Noun

僥(ぎょう)倖(こう) • (gyōkō)
* an almost impossible lucky event; miracle

### Verb

僥(ぎょう)倖(こう)する • (gyōkō suru) 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”)