多亏 meaning in English

duōkuī

thanks to; luckily

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 多虧9 strokes

Meaning of 多亏

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

duōkuī
  1. thanks to
  2. luckily

多亏 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

多duō亏kuī有yǒu了le他tā,我wǒ们men才cái能néng在zài这zhè里lǐ。
We're here thanks to him.
多duō亏kuī你nǐ我wǒ胃wèi口kǒu都dōu没méi了le。
Thanks to you I've lost my appetite.
多duō亏kuī了le你nǐ,我wǒ还hái活huó着zhe。
I owe it you that I am still alive.
多duō亏kuī了le顺shùn风fēng,我wǒ们men很hěn快kuài就jiù到dào了le那nà个ge小xiǎo岛dǎo。
Thanks to the favorable wind, we soon reached the island.
多duō亏kuī了le冷lěng夏xià,啤pí酒jiǔ卖mài的de不bù好hǎo。
Thanks to a cold summer, beer has sold poorly.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

多 duō · many · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

亏 kuī · to lose · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 多亏.

多少duōshaonumber; amount; somewhat
多久duōjiǔ(of time) how long?; (not) a long time
差不多chàbuduōalmost; nearly
许多xǔduōmany; a lot of
好多hǎoduōmany; quite a lot
多么duōmehow (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc)
大多数dàduōshù(great) majority
多数duōshùmajority; most
多云duōyún(meteorology) cloudy
多年duō niánmany years; for many years
多次duō cìmany times; repeatedly
大多dàduōfor the most part; many

Questions about 多亏

What does 多亏 mean?

多亏 (duōkuī) means "thanks to; luckily" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 多亏?

多亏 is made of 2 characters: 多 (6 strokes), 亏 (3 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 多亏 an HSK word?

Yes. 多亏 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 多亏 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 多亏 is written 多虧.