好在

• 拼音: hǎo zài
• 汉字拆解: 好 = 女 + 子 (good); 在 = 土 (earth) + 才 (just) — to be/exist

含义

Fortunately; luckily; thankfully. Introduces a silver lining or a positive circumstance that mitigates a difficulty.

Signals that despite a challenging situation, one redeeming factor makes things manageable. Similar to 'the saving grace is...' or 'at least...' in English. Very common in both spoken and written Chinese.

例句

1. 虽然迷路了，好在手机还有电，能用导航找到路。
2. 比赛输了很遗憾，好在大家都尽力了，没什么可后悔的。
3. 项目延期了，好在客户表示理解，愿意给我们更多时间。

用法指南

语境: relief, silver lining, reassurance

语气: relieved

正确说法

• 钱包丢了，好在里面没有重要证件，损失不算大。(I lost my wallet — fortunately there were no important documents inside, so the loss isn't too bad.)
• 好在你提前发现了这个问题，否则后果不堪设想。(Fortunately you caught this problem early — otherwise the consequences would have been unthinkable.)

错误说法

• 好在 at the very end of a sentence — it always introduces the positive clause, not closes one

起源与历史

好 (good) + 在 (at; exist in) — good thing exists in this situation

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal