Comments on: Chinese character for "good luck"?

Question: Chinese character for "good luck"?

Wolfdog — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:34:44 -0800

Can anyone steer me to an image of a Chinese character suitable for expressing "Good Luck!" (as in, good luck on your exams)?

By: daviss

daviss — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:49:44 -0800

好运道 is 'Good Luck' in Mandarin.

By: neda

neda — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:50:40 -0800

Maybe one listed here? would work. (the first one maybe?) Or steal a dragon tile from a mahjong set?

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:55:48 -0800

Yah, I'd like a little more than maybe - I did the requisite google image search but I wanted to hear from someone who's confident about the connotations.
You know, like [q: Native Chinese, frequently wishes Good Luck to people with upcoming exams.]

By: thirteenkiller

thirteenkiller — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:38:53 -0800

加油 isn't good luck but means "Do a good job!" and I think people actually say it.

By: of strange foe

of strange foe — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:43:01 -0800

祝你好运 is the generic, and quite literal phrase for 'wish you good luck'.

Wishing somebody '金榜提名' means wishing somebody getting the top grades. It's a very traditional phrase, and might get you points for 'cute'. An image here.

Wishing somebody '所向披靡' means wishing somebody 'rule!' But this is getting too close to my particular taste.

By: kcm

kcm — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:44:58 -0800

make them two eggs and a sausage, signifying "100" .. seriously. that is, if you're in a breakfast-makin' position.

By: intermod

intermod — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:34:29 -0800

It is so freaking awesome that Mozilla properly renders those chinese characters. And that I can use Ctrl-plus to blow them up and get a closer look ...

By: kcm

kcm — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:46:00 -0800

很好！

By: casarkos

casarkos — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:01:29 -0800

Thirteenkiller is right - that's the standard phrase Chinese people use for "good luck" in an exam-taking sense. kcm's means "very good", and the rest so far are a bit more formal and/or esoteric.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 05:19:10 -0800

Thanks, all. And thanks, Matt, for getting unicode working so this thread was possible.