Meaning
deficiency; deficit
Chinese: 损失、吃亏，也表示幸亏。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “kui” becomes a different word in each tone. 亏 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 幸亏xìng kuīfortunately; luckily
- 多亏duō kuīthanks to; luckily
- 吃亏chī kuīto suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it
- 亏损kuī sǔndeficit; (financial) loss
- 亏待kuī dàito treat sb unfairly
Example Sentence
多亏你及时提醒，我才没有迟到。Duō kuī nǐ jí shí tí xǐng, wǒ cái méi yǒu chí dào.Thanks to your timely reminder, I was not late.
多亏Duō kuīthanks to你nǐyou及时jí shítimely提醒tí xǐngto remind，我wǒI才cáiability没有méi yǒuhaven't迟到chí dàoto arrive late。