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幸亏 (xìng kuī) — fortunately, luckily (pointing to a circumstance that averted a bad result)

Definition

幸亏 (xìngkuī) means 'fortunately / luckily,' pointing to a circumstance that narrowly avoided a bad result. Unlike 多亏, it does not thank a specific person; 好在 is a close synonym but slightly more colloquial.

adverb
fortunatelyluckily (pointing to a circumstance that averted a bad result)

Examples

  • 幸亏，。
    xìng kuī Nǐ lái le, bù rán wǒ zhēn bù zhī dào zěn me bàn.
    Fortunately you came; otherwise I really wouldn't have known what to do.
  • 幸亏，。
    xìng kuī Tā dài le dì tú, fǒu zé wǒ men kěn dìng mí lù.
    Luckily he brought a map; otherwise we would definitely have gotten lost.
  • 幸亏，。
    xìng kuī Wǒ duō mǎi le yì zhāng piào, cái néng hé nǐ yì qǐ kàn yǎn chū.
    Fortunately I bought an extra ticket, so I could go to the show with you.

Origin

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 虧; 亏 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亏亏kuīexhale
Sound part声符shēngfú
雐
雐hū虧kuī
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 虧 pairs 雐, a sound part, with 亏, a part meaning exhale. The simplified 亏 is a later abbreviation.

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