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<p>幸亏 (xìngkuī), 幸好 (xìnghǎo), and 还好 (háihǎo) mean &quot;fortunately&quot; or &quot;luckily.&quot; They can be used to express that something has happened by chance, and has thereby enabled you to avoid some difficulty or bad luck. It is often followed with <a href="不然" class="uri" title="wikilink">不然</a> (which precedes the bad thing that <em>could have</em> happened).</p>
<h2 id="expressing-luck-with-幸亏-and-幸好">Expressing Luck with 幸亏 and 幸好</h2>
<p>It's as simple is adding 幸亏 or 幸好 before the thing that makes you feel lucky.</p>
<h3 id="structure">Structure</h3>
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<p>幸亏 / 幸好 + [Lucky Incident]（，+ 不然 ⋯⋯)</p>
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<p>You can add in 不然 for an &quot;otherwise... (this really bad thing would have happened)&quot; explanation.</p>
<h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>
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<ul>
<li><em>幸亏</em> 我们 打 车 来 的 ，<strong>不然</strong> 就 迟到 了 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Xìngkuī</em> wǒmen dǎchē lái de, <strong>bùrán</strong> jiù chídào le.</span><span class="trans">Luckily, we came by taxi, otherwise we could have been late.</span></li>
<li><em>幸好</em> 我 妈 没 看到 ，<strong>不然</strong> 她 肯定 要 生气 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Xìnghǎo</em> wǒ mā méi kàndào, <strong>bùrán</strong> tā kěndìng yào shēngqì.</span><span class="trans">It's a good thing that my mother didn't see it, otherwise she would definitely be mad.</span></li>
<li><em>幸亏</em> 有 你 在 ，<strong>不然</strong> 我 不 知道 怎么办 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Xìngkuī</em> nǐ zài, <strong>bùrán</strong> wǒ bù zhīdào zěnme bàn.</span><span class="trans">Fortunately you're here, otherwise I don't know what to do.</span></li>
<li><em>幸好</em> 带 伞 了 ，<strong>不然</strong> 要 淋湿 了 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Xìnghǎo</em> dài sǎn le,<strong>bùrán</strong> yào línshī le.</span><span class="trans">It's a good thing I brought the umbrella. Otherwise, I would have gotten soaked.</span></li>
<li><em>幸好</em> 现在 问题 解决 了 ，<strong>不然</strong> 老板 肯定 要 炒 你 的 鱿鱼 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Xìnghǎo</em> xiànzài wèntí jiějué le, <strong>bùrán</strong> lǎobǎn kěndìng yào chǎo nǐ de yóuyú.</span><span class="trans">Luckily, the problem is solved now. Otherwise the boss is definitely going to fire you.</span></li>
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<h2 id="expressing-luck-with-还好">Expressing Luck with 还好</h2>
<p>“还好” can also mean “fortunately,” but is more colloquial than 幸好 or 幸亏. And if you want to add in 不然 for an &quot;otherwise... (this really bad thing would have happened)&quot; explanation, use this structure:</p>
<h3 id="structure-1">Structure</h3>
<div class="jiegou">
<p>还好 + [Lucky Incident]， 不然……</p>
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<h3 id="examples-1">Examples</h3>
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<li><em>还好</em> 我 没 听 他 的 话，<strong>不然</strong> 我 就 输 了。<span class="pinyin"><em>Hái hǎo</em> wǒ méi tīng tā de huà,<strong>bùrán</strong> wǒ jiù shū le.</span><span class="trans">It's a good thing I didn't listen to him, otherwise I would have lost the game.</span></li>
<li><em>还好</em> 我 保存 了，<strong>不然</strong> 文件 都 丢 了。<span class="pinyin"><em>Hái hǎo</em> wǒ bǎocún le, <strong>bùrán</strong> wénjiàn dōu diū le.</span><span class="trans">Luckily I saved it, otherwise I would have lost all of the documents.</span></li>
<li><em>还好</em> 我 买 得 少，<strong>不然</strong> 都 浪费 了。<span class="pinyin"><em>Hái hǎo</em> mǎi de shǎo, <strong>bùrán</strong> dōu làngfèi le.</span><span class="trans">Luckily I didn't buy a lot, otherwise it would be all wasted.</span></li>
<li><em>还好</em> 老板 不 知道，<strong>不然</strong> 你 肯定 被 炒 鱿鱼。<span class="pinyin"><em>Hái hǎo</em> lǎobǎn bù zhīdào, <strong>bùrán</strong> nǐ kěndìng bèi chǎo yóuyú.</span><span class="trans">Luckily the boss doesn't know about it, otherwise you will definitely get fired.</span></li>
<li><em>还好</em> 你 提醒 我，<strong>不然</strong> 我 肯定 忘 了。<span class="pinyin"><em>Hái hǎo</em> nǐ tíxǐng wǒ, <strong>bùrán</strong> wǒ kěndìng wàng le.</span><span class="trans">Luckily, you reminded me, otherwise I would have definitely forgotten.</span></li>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="&quot;Thanks_to&quot;_somebody_with_&quot;duokui&quot;" title="wikilink">&quot;Thanks to&quot; somebody with &quot;duokui&quot;</a></li>
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<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
<h3 id="dictionaries">Dictionaries</h3>
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<li><a href="现代汉语词典（第5版）" class="uri" title="wikilink">现代汉语词典（第5版）</a> (pp. 1527) <a href="http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%8D%E5%85%B8/dp/B001B1RZCI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1345693609&amp;sr=8-1">→buy</a></li>
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