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亏 (kuī): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 5

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Animated Stroke Order 亏

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 亏

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3.

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亏

丂breath

亏=

4.

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5.

How to Use 亏

Suffering a loss or disadvantage

The character kuī indicates loss, deficit, or unfair treatment.

吃亏 • chī kuī • to suffer losses; come to grief; take a beating • HSK 5

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Example Sentences

Tā他

kuī亏

qiàn欠

péng朋

you友

hěn很

duō

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Pinyinkuī

Meaningdeficiency, loss, or to treat unfairly

Strokes3

Radical二

Traditional虧

StructureSingle Body

Frequency#1102

Zhuyinㄎㄨㄟ

UnicodeU+4E8F

CangjieYRHHI

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一one

+丂breath

A breath (丂) that is deficient or lacking — to lose, owe, or fall short.

chī吃

kuī亏

to suffer losses; come to grief; take a beating

亏损 • kuī sǔn • loss; deficit • HSK 6

HSK 6

kuī亏

sǔn损

loss; deficit

亏本 • kuī běn • Lose money • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

kuī亏

běn本

Lose money

Thanks to or fortunately

Used in fixed expressions to express that a bad situation was avoided thanks to something.

多亏 • duō kuī • thanks to; owing to; fortunately • HSK 5

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duō多

kuī亏

thanks to; owing to; fortunately

幸亏 • xìng kuī • fortunately; luckily • HSK 5

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xìng幸

kuī亏

fortunately; luckily

多

qián钱

。

He owes his friend a lot of money.

tā他

mài卖

dōng东

xī西

kuī亏

běn本

le了

。

He lost money selling things.

gōng公

sī司

qù去

nián年

kuī亏

sǔn损

yán严

zhòng重

。

The company suffered serious losses last year.

zhè这

cì次

jiāo交

yì易

wǒ我

men们

chī吃

kuī亏

le了

。

We suffered losses in this transaction.

zhè这

bǐ笔

shēng生

yì意

ràng让

tā他

kuī亏

le了

bù不

shǎo少

qián钱

。

This business deal caused him to lose a lot of money.

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Characters pronounced "kui".

奎kuístride of man; one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions
傀kuǐgreat, gigantic; puppet
岿kuīgrand, stately; secure, lasting
盔kuīhelmet; bowl; basin
魁kuíchief, leader; large, big
篑kuibasket (for carrying earth)

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Characters with radical "二".

二èrtwo
五wǔfive
互hùmutual; each other
井jǐngwell (for drawing water)
亚yàsecond; inferior; Asia (abbreviation)
元yuányuan [unit of Chinese currency]; dollar

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