Meaning of 好运
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- good luck
How to use 好运
好运 is a noun, often used in wishes and blessings. The most common phrase is 祝你好运 (zhù nǐ hǎoyùn), "good luck to you," said before exams, trips, or interviews. Example: 祝你考试好运。(Zhù nǐ kǎoshì hǎoyùn.) Good luck on your exam.
好运 is simply 好 (hǎo, good) plus 运 (yùn, luck or fortune). Think of it as "good fortune" coming your way, since 运 also appears in words about movement and fate.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 好运 as "好云" because 运 (yùn) and 云 (yún) look and sound alike, but 云 means cloud and has a rising tone. Also remember 运 is fourth tone, yùn.
好运 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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好 hǎo · good · 6 strokes
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运 yùn · to move · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 好运.
| 最好 | zuìhǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 好吃 | hǎochī | tasty; delicious |
| 好看 | hǎokàn | good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good |
| 好听 | hǎotīng | pleasant to hear |
| 爱好 | àihào | to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby |
| 好玩儿 | hǎowánr | erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2] |
| 好像 | hǎoxiàng | as if; to seem like |
| 不好意思 | bù hǎoyìsi | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing |
| 好多 | hǎoduō | many; quite a lot |
| 好人 | hǎorén | good person; healthy person |
| 正好 | zhènghǎo | just (in time); just right |
| 好事 | hǎoshì | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity |
Questions about 好运
What does 好运 mean?
好运 (hǎoyùn) means "good luck" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 好运?
好运 is made of 2 characters: 好 (6 strokes), 运 (7 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 好运 an HSK word?
Yes. 好运 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 好运 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 好运 is written 好運.
What is the difference between 好运 and 幸运?
好运 (hǎoyùn) is mainly a noun meaning good luck, used in wishes like 祝你好运. 幸运 (xìngyùn) works as an adjective meaning lucky, as in 我很幸运 (wǒ hěn xìngyùn), I am very lucky.
How do you say bad luck in Chinese?
The opposite is 坏运 (huàiyùn) or more commonly 倒霉 (dǎoméi), which means to have bad luck. In everyday speech, 真倒霉 (zhēn dǎoméi) means "what bad luck."