多虧

See also: 多亏

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	deficiency; deficit
trad. (多虧)		多	虧
simp. (多亏)		多	亏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duōkuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄎㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ kwai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to-khui / to͘-khui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duōkuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄎㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duokuei
    • Wade–Giles: to¹-kʻuei¹
    • Yale: dwō-kwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duokuei
    • Palladius: докуй (dokuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ kwai¹
    • Yale: dō kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-khui
    • Tâi-lô: to-khui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doi'quy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to͘-khui
    • Tâi-lô: too-khui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: do'quy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ³³ kʰui³³/

Verb

多虧

1. luckily; it is fortunate that; thanks to

   多虧你的鼓勵和幫助，我才得以考上好的大學。 [MSC, trad.]
   多亏你的鼓励和帮助，我才得以考上好的大学。 [MSC, simp.]

   Duōkuī nǐ de gǔlì hé bāngzhù, wǒ cái déyǐ kǎo shàng hǎo de dàxué. [Pinyin]

   Thanks to your help and encouragement, I got into a good university.

   雨下得很大，多虧你提醒我帶傘。 [MSC, trad.]
   雨下得很大，多亏你提醒我带伞。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yǔ xià dé hěn dà, duōkuī nǐ tíxǐng wǒ dài sǎn. [Pinyin]

   It's raining heavily. It is fortunate that you reminded me to bring an umbrella.

Synonyms

• 佳哉 (Hokkien)
• 好代得 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好佳哉 (Hokkien)
• 好值得 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 好在 (hǎozài)
• 好彩 (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 好得 (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)
• 好是 (hǎoshì) (formal)
• 好路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 幸好 (xìnghǎo)
• 幸而 (xìng'ér)
• 幸虧／幸亏 (xìngkuī)
• 得虧／得亏 (děikuī) (dialectal)
• 打幫／打帮 (Hakka)
• 虧／亏 (kuī)
• 虧得／亏得 (kuīde)
• 造化 (cô̤-*huá) (Eastern Min)