幸亏
xìngkuī
luckily, fortunately
Part of speech · adverb
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Examples
- 幸亏你提醒我,不然我就忘了。Luckily you reminded me, otherwise I would have forgotten.
- 幸亏来得早,还有座位。Fortunately we came early, so there were still seats.
Collocations
幸亏有你幸亏…否则幸亏来得早多亏
Mnemonic
幸 xìng "fortune" + 亏 kuī "thanks to": "luckily, fortunately". An adverb marking a bad outcome narrowly avoided, often in "幸亏 …, 否则/不然 …" (luckily X, otherwise Y). Similar to 多亏.
Related
多亏好在幸好不幸
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