The adverbs with the meaning of “fortunately”
The adverbs 幸好 
and 幸亏 are used in the meaning of “fortunately", "luckily", "happily”.
We use these adverbs to emphasize a fortunate coincidence of circumstances, which makes it possible to avoid some difficulties.
The adverbs 幸好 and 幸亏 can be stated either at the beginning of a whole sentence or at the beginning of the second clause of a complex sentence. We can state the subject before these adverbs.
and 幸亏 are used in the meaning of “fortunately", "luckily", "happily”.
We use these adverbs to emphasize a fortunate coincidence of circumstances, which makes it possible to avoid some difficulties.
The adverbs 幸好 and 幸亏 can be stated either at the beginning of a whole sentence or at the beginning of the second clause of a complex sentence. We can state the subject before these adverbs.Scheme
幸好/幸亏
successful situation
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We use the adverb 幸好 to emphasize that something luckily happened.
We use the adverb 幸亏 to emphasize that something luckily didn’t happen.
Examples
幸好，我注意了你停车的地点
Luckily, I noticed where you parked!
xìnghǎo, wǒ zhùyì le nǐ tíngchē de dìdiǎn
下雨了，幸亏你没去电影院
Luckily you didn't go to the cinema
xià yǔ le, xìngkuī nǐ méi qù diànyǐngyuàn
We usually use the adverbs 幸好 and 幸亏 with the following words:
不然
要不
要不然
否则
要不
要不然
否则 We should state these words in the second part of the sentence to indicate the result that was luckily avoided.
Examples
幸好我在家，不然他又该生气了
Luckily I was home, otherwise he would have been angry again
xìnghǎo wǒ zài jiā, bùrán tā yòu gāi shēngqì le
幸亏带了笔，否则就不能参加考试了
Fortunately I brought a pen, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to take the exam
xìngkuī dài le bǐ, fǒuzé jiù bù néng cānjiā kǎoshì le
Sometimes we can add the adverb 才 in the second part of the sentence with the adverb 幸亏.
in the second part of the sentence with the adverb 幸亏.Scheme
幸亏
fortunate situation
才
fortunate result
Examples
我们幸亏走了这条路，才没碰到堵车
We are lucky that we took this route and thus didn't run into traffic jams
wǒmen xìngkuī zǒule zhè tiáo lù, cái méi pèng dào dǔchē
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