Hanzi
Traditional
虧
Simplified
亏

deficiency/deficit/luckily/it's lucky that.../(often ironically) fancy that...

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 5

Pinyin

kuī, yú

Bopomofo

ㄎㄨㄟ, ㄩˊ

Jyutping

kwai1

Example sentences

吃虧 / 吃亏 chīkuī
佔小便宜往往會吃虧。
占小便宜往往会吃亏。

Taking small advantages often leads to suffering losses.

虧 / 亏 kuī
這筆生意讓他虧了不少錢。
这笔生意让他亏了不少钱。

This business deal made him lose a lot of money.

寧願 / 宁愿 nìngyuàn
他寧願自己吃點虧，也不願佔別人的便宜。
他宁愿自己吃点亏，也不愿占别人的便宜。

He would rather suffer a bit of a loss himself than take advantage of others.

多虧 / 多亏 duōkuī
多虧了你的幫忙，我才能準時完成任務。
多亏了你的帮忙，我才能准时完成任务。

Thanks to your help, I was able to complete the task on time.

得以 déyǐ
多虧了他的幫助，這個問題才得以順利解決。
多亏了他的帮助，这个问题才得以顺利解决。

Thanks to his help, this problem was able to be solved smoothly.

虧損 / 亏损 kuīsǔn
這家公司去年虧損了數百萬美元。
这家公司去年亏损了数百万美元。

This company lost millions of dollars last year.

扭轉 / 扭转 niǔzhuǎn
經過大家的努力，我們終於扭轉了公司的虧損局面。
经过大家的努力，我们终于扭转了公司的亏损局面。

Through everyone's efforts, we finally reversed the company's deficit.

虧本 / 亏本 kuīběn
如果繼續這樣經營下去，公司肯定會虧本。
如果继续这样经营下去，公司肯定会亏本。

If we continue to operate like this, the company will definitely lose money.

Example Vocabulary

吃虧

chi1'kui1

to suffer losses; to be at a disadvantage

倖虧

虧

kui1

loss; deficit; to lose money; luckily

多虧

duo1'kui1

thanks to; luckily

虧待

kui1'dai4

虧心事

kui1'xin1'shi4

虧損

kui1'sun3

loss; deficit; to lose money

虧本

kui1'ben3

to lose money; to run at a loss

功虧一簣

gong1'kui1'yi1'kui4

啞巴虧

ya3'ba1'kui1

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