幸好

Chinese

		fortunate; lucky	good; well; be fond of
trad. (幸好)		幸	好
simp. #(幸好)		幸	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìnghǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁶ hou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hěng-hó / hēng-hó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìnghǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìnghǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-hao³
    • Yale: syìng-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqhao
    • Palladius: синхао (sinxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁶ hou²
    • Yale: hahng hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁶ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁶ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²² hou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hěng-hó
    • Tâi-lô: hǐng-hó
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²² ho⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēng-hó
    • Tâi-lô: hīng-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hexnghoir
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ho⁵³/

Adverb

幸好

1. fortunately; luckily

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 幸而 (xìng'ér)
• 幸虧 / 幸亏 (xìngkuī)
• 得虧 / 得亏 (děikuī) (dialectal)
• 打幫 / 打帮 (Hakka)
• 搭幫 / 搭帮 (Hengyang Xiang)
• 虧 / 亏 (kuī)
• 虧得 / 亏得 (kuīde)
• 造化 (cô̤-*huá) (Eastern Min)

Dialectal synonyms of 幸好 (“fortunately, luckily”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		幸好, 多虧, 幸虧
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	幸好, 多虧, 幸虧
	Malaysia	好彩
Cantonese	Hong Kong	好彩
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	好彩
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	好佳哉
	Klang (Hokkien)	好彩