亏(kuī): to lose (money)

HSK 53 strokesTrad. 虧

to lose (money)

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多损吃幸待本扭浮

Character informationHSK 5

Pinyin: kuī
Meaning: 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)
Strokes: 3
HSK level: HSK 5
Traditional: 虧

Origin & structureWhere 亏 comes from

⿱二？

Made of

二èr
two
Also in 些三月五元于

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 虧: A tiger 虍 mauling a bird 隹; 亏 also provides the pronunciation

Words with 亏most common first

duō多kuī亏

HSK 6

thanks to; luckily

kuī亏sǔn损

HSK 6

deficit

chī吃kuī亏

HSK 7-9

to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to…

xìng幸kuī亏

HSK 7-9

adv.

fortunately; luckily

kuī亏dài待

HSK 7-9

to treat sb unfairly

kuī亏běn本

HSK 7-9

to make a loss

niǔ扭kuī亏

to make good a deficit

fú浮kuī亏

(finance) floating loss; unrealized loss

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