Chinese Word: 亏 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

亏 (Trad.: 虧)HSK 5

Pinyin: kuī

English Definition: deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that...

Chinese Definition:
①缺损：亏本。
②对不起：亏不了你。
③幸而：多亏你提醒我。
④表示讥讽：亏你做得出来。

Synonym: 缺损

Antonyms: 盈满余够足

Total strokes: 3; Radical: 二

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亏损HSK 6	kuī sǔn	deficit; (financial) loss
吃亏HSK 5	chī kuī	to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately
幸亏HSK 5	xìng kuī	fortunately; luckily
扭亏	niǔ kuī	to make good a deficit; to reverse a loss
多亏HSK 5	duō kuī	thanks to; luckily

1		tā 他 de 的 shēng yì 生意 zuò 做 dé 得 kuī běn 亏本 le 了。 His business is operating at a loss.
2		zhè jiā 这家 cān tīng 餐厅 yīn wèi 因为 kuī sǔn 亏损 ér 而 dǎo bì 倒闭。 This restaurant went bankrupt due to losses.
3		wǒ 我 wán yóu xì 玩游戏 shí 时 zǒng shì 总是 kuī 亏 dào 到 zì bì 自闭。 I always lose until I'm on the verge of a breakdown when I play games.
4		kuī dài 亏待 yuán gōng 员工 huì 会 yǐng xiǎng 影响 gōng sī 公司 de 的 shēng yù 声誉。 Mistreating employees will damage a company's reputation.
5		tā 他 zài 在 zhè cì 这次 jiāo yì 交易 zhōng 中 kuī le 亏了 yī 一 dà bǐ 大笔。 He lost a lot of money in this transaction.

1		tā 他 de 的 shēng yì 生意 zuò 做 dé 得 kuī běn 亏本 le 了。 His business is operating at a loss.
2		zhè jiā 这家 cān tīng 餐厅 yīn wèi 因为 kuī sǔn 亏损 ér 而 dǎo bì 倒闭。 This restaurant went bankrupt due to losses.
3		wǒ 我 wán yóu xì 玩游戏 shí 时 zǒng shì 总是 kuī 亏 dào 到 zì bì 自闭。 I always lose until I'm on the verge of a breakdown when I play games.
4		kuī dài 亏待 yuán gōng 员工 huì 会 yǐng xiǎng 影响 gōng sī 公司 de 的 shēng yù 声誉。 Mistreating employees will damage a company's reputation.
5		tā 他 zài 在 zhè cì 这次 jiāo yì 交易 zhōng 中 kuī le 亏了 yī 一 dà bǐ 大笔。 He lost a lot of money in this transaction.