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2wong4words -

Anyone know the translation for this? I was told by someone its good fortune, and someone else
that it is happiness.
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geek_frappa -

幸福 xingfu ... means "fortune" ... sometimes...










2wong4words -

xingfu is the lower of the two symbols, yes? I was told it was writtin in a more traditional form,
and when i asked, the calligraphist told me it ment good fortune. Another source told me it was
another form of happiness aside from "pleasure"...anyone else know?










HashiriKata -

"Xingfu" is the romanization of the 2 characters. The 2 characters together as in the writing mean
"Happiness". If anyone tells you that they mean "Fortune", tell them they need to go back to
school for some serious re-education!










imron -

The top character is 幸 xìng, and the second character is 福 fú. Put together, they form the
word 幸福 xìngfú, which according to the oxford dictionary means 1) (n) Happiness; well-being
2) (adj) (of one's personal life) happy.










Gulao -

The reason someone would give a meaning of "fortune" would be because the first character,
"xing4," generally pertains to luck and fortune. I suppose you could say that this specifically
refers to happiness due to fortuitous circumstances (kind of like imron's definition).










2wong4words -

Thank you folks, youve all been a great deal of help in this matter. Hope to see you all around on
the forums as i work on learning writing and speakin this beautiful language. Thanks again!










againstwind -

imron's definition from dictionary is accurate.



Quote:

"Xingfu" is the romanization of the 2 characters. The 2 characters together as in the writing mean
"Happiness". If anyone tells you that they mean "Fortune", tell them they need to go back to
school for some serious re-education!

I can't agree any more.










geek_frappa -



Quote:

幸福 xingfu ... means "fortune" ... sometimes...

i said, sometimes....



Quote:

"Xingfu" is the romanization of the 2 characters. The 2 characters together as in the writing mean
"Happiness". If anyone tells you that they mean "Fortune", tell them they need to go back to
school for some serious re-education!



domo domo domo. focus on the language. not on the people's re-education, for example, how chinese
is used in other countries: 幸福曲奇 = fortune cookie




Quote:

I can't agree any more.

中文怎么说










HashiriKata -



Quote:

i said, sometimes....

No problems, geek_frappa! My post was not aiming at you (but at 2wong4words' absent informers ).
Yes, 幸福 can mean "fortune" in very few specific contexts, but not when it's on its own. That
is why I said:

Quote:

The 2 characters together as in the writing mean "Happiness".














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