Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Favored by luck; lucky; fortunate: Describes a person, situation, or outcome that is characterized by good luck or fortune. It implies a beneficial or positive result that seems to come from chance or serendipity.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ta là một người rất ưa may. (He is a very lucky person.)
  • Mọi việc diễn ra ưa may hơn chúng tôi dự tính. (Everything turned out more fortunately than we had planned.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used to describe a streak of good fortune or a person who consistently seems to have good things happen to them without apparent effort.

Variants and Related Words

• May mắn (adj): lucky, fortunate. This is a more common and direct synonym.
  • Cô ấy cảm thấy rất may mắn. (She feels very lucky.)

Synonyms

• Lucky: Having good luck.
• Fortunate: Favored by fortune; involving good luck.
• Blessed: Endowed with divine favor or good fortune.

Related Idioms

• Ưa may hơn khôn: Literally "prefer luck over intelligence," suggesting that luck is sometimes more valuable than cleverness or planning.
  • Trong ván bài đó, ưa may hơn khôn. (In that card game, luck was better than skill.)