亏

Deficiency in Chinese: 亏 (kuī)

kuī

deficiency

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 虧1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1deficiency
  2. 2deficit
  3. 3luckily
  4. 4it's lucky that...
  5. 5(often ironically) fancy that...

Stroke order

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亏

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄨㄟ

kuī

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

亏

Simplified

虧

Traditional

Example sentences

See 亏 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这次买卖让他亏了很多钱。

    zhè cì mǎi mài ràng tā kuī le hěn duō qián。

    He lost a lot of money on this deal.

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Related words

吃亏

chī kuī

to suffer losses

多亏

duō kuī

thanks to

幸亏

xìng kuī

fortunately

亏本

kuī běn

to make a loss

亏损

kuī sǔn

deficit

困扰

kùn rǎo

to perplex

来信

lái xìn

incoming letter

朗读

lǎng dú

to read aloud

礼

lǐ

gift

礼拜

lǐ bài

to attend a religious service

立

lì

to stand

立场

lì chǎng

position

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