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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

幸亏 [xìngkuī]
  1. 1. adverb fortunately

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

幸亏 [xìngkuī]
  1. 1. fortunately; luckily; thankfully
    幸亏我没见他,要不准挨他一顿骂。
    幸亏我走得早,才没叫雨淋了。
    Luckily I left early and wasn't caught in the rain.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

幸亏 [xìngkuī]
  1. 1. 表示由于依托某种条件而侥幸避免了不良后果
    幸亏带了雨衣,要不就要挨淋了。
  2. 2. 跟"好在"不同。"幸亏"指由于某种有利条件偶然出现才得以幸免。如:"幸亏武警赶到,才控制住了局面。""好在"所指的有利条件是本已存在的。如:"每天都不得不坐出租车,好在距离还不算太远。"

Examples

幸亏我让得快,要不早给那辆自行车撞倒了。
Luckily I dodged in time, or I'd have been knocked down by the bike.
幸亏我走得早,才没叫雨淋了。
Luckily I left early and wasn't caught in the rain. 幸亏
幸亏有人通风报信,他才得以逃过这场政治阴谋。 报信
幸亏我有先见之明带了把伞,不然准会挨浇。 先见之明
幸亏我没见他,要不准挨他一顿骂。 幸亏
幸亏没遇到那个奇怪的人。
幸亏他及时赶到。 及时
幸亏接防部队及时赶到,才没让那伙犯罪分子得逞。 接防
幸亏有人为那个女孩解围才不至于太尴尬。 解围
厄难之时, 幸亏朋友帮助了他。
He survived the time of hardship thanks to the help from his friends. 厄难

Collocations

幸亏没去
miss nothing
幸亏有你
thanks to you

Word Decomposition


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nciku Note

The adverb show mood

An adverb is used to modify the adjective or verb as an adverbial adjunct, it should be put before them. Verbs or even nouns ending with character "地" and functioning as adverbs remain to be regarded as adjectives. Some adverbs can show mood of the sentenceas, such as "可", "幸亏", "多亏", "难道", "何尝","居然", "究竟", "到底", "偏偏", "索性", "简直", "反正", "却", "倒", "也许", "大约", "好在", "差点儿", "果真", "敢情", "明明", "果然",and so on.

e.g. (1)你可真厉害啊! (2)幸亏我没去。 (3)多亏有你在。 (4)难道是我的错? (5)他们想家,其实我又何尝不是呢? (6)他今天居然没来。 (7)他们究竟有什么企图? (8)你什么时候来不好,偏偏这时候来。(8)都这么晚了,他也许不会来了。 (9)说了半天,敢情你什么也没听进去啊?

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