亏

kuī

k+uī·1st tone

to lose (money); to have a deficit · to be deficient

Radical: 二 Strokes: 3 HSK 5

Structure: Single componentFrequency: Common

Same radical

云五二亚井于互些亘亟亍亓

Same radical

云五二亚井于互些亘亟亍亓

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Meanings

to lose (money); to have a deficit

to be deficient

to treat unfairly

luckily; fortunately; thanks to

(used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations)

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Words with 亏 103 total

to suffer losses · to come to grief · to lose out · to get the worst of it · to be at a disadvantage · unfortunately吃亏chī kuī in the wrong理亏lǐ kuī shortfall in production亏产kuī chǎn to treat sb unfairly亏待kuī dài to be lacking · to fall short of · to wane · deficit · deficient亏缺kuī quē

Idioms with 亏 14 total Chain

to be forced to suffer in silence · unable to speak of one's bitter suffering吃哑巴亏chī yǎ ba kuī lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful · to fail through lack of a final effort · to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)功亏一篑gōng kuī yī kuì a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)好汉不吃眼前亏hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī