不幸 búxìng misfortune
misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately
How to remember 不幸: 不 not + 幸 good fortune = misfortune.
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How it is used
- Unfortunate/misfortune; tragically. 不幸的消息 (búxìng de xiāoxi) unfortunate news; 不幸去世 (búxìng qùshì) sadly passed away.
- As a noun: 家庭的不幸 (jiātíng de búxìng) a family misfortune.
- 不幸 is the opposite of 幸运 (xìngyùn, lucky) and 幸福 (xìngfú, happy); it leans toward serious/tragic events, not minor bad luck - 我很幸运 (wǒ hěn xìngyùn) I'm lucky.
Example sentences
- 她看起来不幸福。 Tā kànqǐlái bú xìngfú.She looks unhappy.
- 不幸的是，她不在。 Búxìng de shì, tā bú zài.Unfortunately, she is absent.
- 他不幸找不到工作。 Tā búxìng zhǎo búdào gōngzuò.He had no luck in finding work.