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多亏

duō kuī

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 多虧

多亏 (duō kuī) means "thanks to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 多亏 means

thanks to
luckily

The characters in 多亏

Example sentences

多亏你我胃口都没了。

Duōkuī nǐ wǒ wèikǒu dōu méile.

Thanks to you I've lost my appetite.
多亏了你，我还活着。

I owe it you that I am still alive.
多亏了冷夏，啤酒卖的不好。

Thanks to a cold summer, beer has sold poorly.
多亏有了他，我们才能在这里。

We're here thanks to him.
多亏了这场大雨，蔬菜价格直线上升。

Due to the heavy rain, vegetable prices have risen.
多亏了顺风，我们很快就到了那个小岛。

Duōkuī le shùnfēng, wǒmen hěn kuài jiù dào le nàge xiǎodǎo.

Thanks to the favorable wind, we soon reached the island.

Where 多亏 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Haste, Urgency & Surprise (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
The four tones and the neutral tone, to read duō kuī correctly.
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