不幸
bù​xìng HSK5

unfortunately

不幸 bù​xìng
unfortunately adjective
regrettably; used to indicate that a situation is unlucky

不幸的是，比赛因雨取消了。

bù​xìng de shì, bǐ​sài yīn yǔ qǔ​xiāo le.

Unfortunately, the match was canceled due to rain.

unfortunate adjective
unlucky, sad, or regrettable in nature

这是一次不幸的意外。

zhè shì yī cì bù​xìng de yì​wài.

This was an unfortunate accident.

misfortune noun
an unlucky event or state of adversity

他的一生充满了不幸。

tā de yī​shēng chōng​mǎn le bù​xìng.

His life was full of misfortune.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
65.8 per million appears in 26% of films
Written text
27.0 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 5

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Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)