亏

Traditional (Taiwan): 虧

On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

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kuī ㄎㄨㄟ

- 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)

Other words read kuī

In the same tone

盔 kuī helmet
窥 kuī peep
悝 kuī laugh at
刲 kuī cut open and clean
岿 kuī high and mighty

All 6 words read kuī

kui with other tones

夔 kuí Chinese rain god
溃 kuì break through
戣 kuí lance
魁 kuí chief
愧 kuì ashamed

All 31 words read kui in any tone

How 亏 is written

部首 radical: 二
笔画 strokes: 3, with 1 after the 部首

Words with 亏

Starting with 亏

亏损 kuīsǔn deficit
亏得 kuīde fortunately
亏待 kuīdài treat sb unfairly
亏本 kuīběn make a loss
亏空 kuīkōng in debt

All 14 words starting with 亏

Ending with 亏

幸亏 xìngkuī fortunately
吃亏 chīkuī suffer losses
多亏 duōkuī thanks to
盈亏 yíngkuī profit and loss
扭亏 niǔkuī reverse a loss

All 18 words ending with 亏

Containing 亏

扭亏为盈 niǔkuīwéiyíng become profitable
功亏一篑 gōngkuīyīkuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful
吃亏上当 chīkuīshàngdàng be taken advantage of
有亏职守 yǒukuīzhíshǒu dereliction of duty
盈亏自负 yíngkuīzìfù financially autonomous

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