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吃亏 chīkuī

吃亏 chīkuī Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 吃亏 chīkuī .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chīkuī | chi1 kui1
English translation
to suffer losses
to come to grief
to lose out
to get the worst of it
to be at a disadvantage
unfortunately

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About 吃亏 chīkuī

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Traditional form

吃虧

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 吃亏 chīkuī

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chī

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

kǒu

Positional decomposition

口乞

Number of Strokes

6
kuī

Positional decomposition

èr

Number of Strokes

3

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Example sentences using 吃亏 chīkuī

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[ yàn ]吃亏 chīkuī xué guāi 代价 dàijià Gāo , bèn 汉非 xué hǎo .

E - keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.

吃亏 chīkuī Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 吃亏 chīkuī and their own compounds.

吃亏 chīkuī Compounds

See all 64 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 吃亏 chīkuī in their composition.

  • chī
    • kuī
      • kuā
          • huà
        • kuǎ , kuà , kuà , , kuà , , , , kuǎ , páo , kuā , 洿, , , , , , , , , kuā , , , , ,
      • è
        • chū , , shū , ,
      • , , , , , , , , ,
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