HSK 5 · Function Words

幸亏 xìngkuī “fortunately” in Chinese

Traditional 幸虧

What 幸亏 means

  1. fortunately
  2. luckily

How to say 幸亏

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale幸xìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale亏kuī1st tone, high and level

幸亏 in a sentence

  1. 幸亏你提醒我，不然我就忘了。

    Xìngkuī nǐ tíxǐng wǒ, bùrán wǒ jiù wàng le.

    Luckily you reminded me, or I would have forgotten.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 幸亏带了伞，要不然就淋湿了。

    Xìngkuī dài le sǎn, yàobùrán jiù línshī le.

    Luckily I brought an umbrella, or I would have got soaked.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 幸亏 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 幸 (xìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
幸xìngtrusted
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 干dry · gān
The character 亏 (kuī) drawn as one shape
亏kuīto lose; to have a deficit

亏 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 幸亏

幸 8 strokes · 亏 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

幸亏 (xìngkuī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 幸亏 (xìngkuī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 幸亏

Words with 幸

幸福xìngfú · happiness幸运xìngyùn · fortunate侥幸jiǎoxìng · lucky荣幸róngxìng · honoured

Words with 亏

吃亏chīkuī · to lose out多亏duōkuī · thanks to亏待kuīdài · to treat unfairly亏损kuīsǔn · loss (financial)

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相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to相对xiāngduì · relatively相关xiāngguān · related项xiàng · item要不yàobù · otherwise一旦yídàn · once一律yílǜ · without exception依然yīrán · still

FAQs

幸亏 (xìngkuī) means “fortunately” or “luckily”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xìngkuī: xìng with a 4th tone, then kuī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 幸亏 is written 幸虧. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xingkui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 幸亏 from the suggestions. Typing xingkui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
幸亏 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.