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kuī

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kuī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kuī | kui1
English translation
deficiency
deficit
luckily
to lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficient

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About kuī

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Number of strokes

3

Traditional form

kuī

Contains the radical

èr

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Etymology of kuī

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Positional decomposition

èr

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Example sentences using kuī

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饭菜 fàn cài 而外, Huán chī líng shí , 肚子 dùzi Yuè 显形 xiǎn xíng , jiù 觉得 juéde 越须 duō chī hǎo 东西 dōngxī ;不能 bù néng 亏着 zuǐ .

Aside from meals, Tigress had to eat between them.

zhè běn 枯燥 kūzào 乏味 fá wèi de Shū 幸亏 xìngkuī Jiā le 一些 yī xiē 精彩 jīngcǎi de 插图 chā tú cái 变得 biàn de 生动 shēngdòng 有趣 yǒuqù .

The otherwise dreary book is enlivened by some very amusing illustrations.

史密斯 Shǐ mì sī 先生 Xiānsheng zuò 股票 gǔpiào 生意 shēngyì 有时候 yǒu shí hou zhuàn 大钱 dà qián , 有时候 yǒu shí hou 亏本 kuī běn .

Sometimes Mr. Smith makes a lot of money when he plays the market, and sometimes he loses.

月亮 yuèliang jiān yíng ,直到 zhí dào zhēng yuán , 然后 ránhòu xiāo kuī .

The moon waxes till it becomes full, and then wanes.

幸亏 xìngkuī dài le sǎn , 开始 kāishǐ 下雨 xiàyǔ le .

It's a good job you brought your brolly, it's starting to rain.

Words with kuī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
多亏 duōkuī thanks to多虧
亏损 kuīsǔn deficit虧損
kuī deficit kuī
幸亏 xìngkuī fortunately幸虧
吃亏 chīkuī to suffer losses吃虧
亏欠 kuī qiàn deficit虧欠
亏本 kuī běn to make a loss虧本
亏待 kuīdài to treat sb unfairly虧待
功亏一篑 gōng kuī yī kuì to fail through lack of a final effort功虧一簣
盈亏 yíng kuī profit and loss盈虧
扭亏 niǔ kuī to reverse a loss扭虧
亏空 kuī kōng in debt虧空
自负盈亏 zì fù yíng kuī financially autonomous自負盈虧
亏得 kuī de fortunately虧得
亏心事 kuī xīn shì shameful deed虧心事
理亏 lǐ kuī in the wrong理虧
吃大亏 chī dà kuī to cost one dearly吃大虧
哑巴亏 yǎ ba kuī pent-up unspoken grievances啞巴虧
血亏 xuè kuī anemia血虧
得亏 děi kuī luckily得虧
自知理亏 zì zhī lǐ kuī to know that one is in the wrong (idiom)自知理虧
吃哑巴亏 chī yǎ ba kuī to be forced to suffer in silence吃啞巴虧
亏心 kuī xīn a guilty conscience虧心
好汉不吃眼前亏 hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)好漢不吃眼前虧

kuī Decomposition & Compounds

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kuī Decomposition

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kuī Compounds

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