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好在

hǎozài

fortunately

HSK 7 · Topic “Stance and modality”
A person with a red umbrella sighs with relief in the rain
Memory picture

Characters in this word

好 hǎo

Strokes
6
Radical
女 — woman, girl
Made of
女 woman, girl 子 son, child
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

在 zài

Strokes
6
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
才 ability, talent, gift 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 好在数据已经提前备份，服务器故障没有造成严重损失。 Hǎozài shùjù yǐjīng tíqián bèifèn, fúwùqì gùzhàng méiyǒu zàochéng yánzhòng sǔnshī. Fortunately, the data had already been backed up, so the server failure did not cause serious losses.
  • 好在雨很小，我们没有淋湿。 Hǎozài yǔ hěn xiǎo, wǒmen méiyǒu línshī. Fortunately the rain was light and we didn't get wet.
  • 路上堵车了，好在我们提前出门，没有迟到。 Lùshang dǔchē le, hǎozài wǒmen tíqián chūmén, méiyǒu chídào. There was a traffic jam, but luckily we left early and weren't late.

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