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kuī

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kuī Meaning

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

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About kuī

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

kuī

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

A tiger  mauling a bird  zhuī kuī also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of kuī

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

雐亏

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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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