幸而

Chinese

		fortunate; lucky	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
simp. and trad. (幸而)		幸	而

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìng'ér

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄦˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁶ ji⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hěng-lî / hēng-lî / hēng-jî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìng'ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄦˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìng-ér
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-êrh²
    • Yale: syìng-ér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqerl
    • Palladius: синъэр (sinʺer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁶ ji⁴
    • Yale: hahng yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁶ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁶ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²² jiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hěng-lî
    • Tâi-lô: hǐng-lî
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²² li²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēng-lî
    • Tâi-lô: hīng-lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hexnglii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ li²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēng-jî
    • Tâi-lô: hīng-jî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hexngjii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ d͡zi¹³/

Adverb

幸而

1. by good fortune; luckily; fortunately

Synonyms

• 佳哉 (Hokkien)
• 多虧／多亏 (duōkuī)
• 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)