虧 (kwai1 | kui1) : lose money; lack; treat unfairly

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虧

kwai1

kui1

[1] lose (money, etc); have a deficit
[2] lack; be deficient; be short of
[3] treat unfairly; be unfair to
[4] fortunately; luckily; thanks to
[5] [irony] despite; dare to
[6] (of the moon) wane

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: (#141)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

虧 / 亏

This word has been viewed 7895 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Jun 2011 10:36

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虧折 kwai1 sit6 kui1 zhe2 = to make a capital loss

幸虧 hang6 kwai1 xing4 kui1 = luckily 國

自負盈虧 zi6 fu6 jing4 kwai1 zi4 fu4 ying2 kui1 = take full responsibility for a business

吃虧 hek3 kwai1 chi1 kui1 = to suffer a loss 國

多虧 do1 kwai1 duo1 kui1 = luckily; fortunately; thanks to; owing to

虧損 kwai1 syun2 kui1 sun3 = deficit, (financial) loss

虧本 kwai1 bun2 kui1 ben3 = lose money in business

虧負 kwai1 fu6 = to let somebody suffer; to let somebody down

虧蝕百分率 kwai1 sik6 baak3 fan6 leot6 kui1 shi2 bai3 fen1 lv4 = loss percent

虧佬 kwai1 lou2 = an impotent man

虧弱 kwai1 joek6 = weak; in poor health

虧友 kwai1 jau5*2 = refers to a physically weak person, a person in poor health

腎虧 san6 kwai1 shen4 kui1 = feeble, sexually impotent (lit., "weak in the kidneys") 粵

虧蝕 kwai1 sit6 kui1 shi2 = lose money; have a deficit 粵

功虧一簣 gung1 kwai1 jat1 gwai6 gong1 kui1 yi1*2 kui4 = fail to succeed for lack of a final effort

虧待 kwai1 doi6 kui1 dai4 = to mistreat; treat shabbily; treat unfairly

扭虧為盈 nau2 kwai1 wai4 jing4 niu3 kui1 wei2 ying2 = to go from defecit to surplus; to turnaround; to reverse defecit and make profit

盈虧平衡點 jing4 kwai1 ping4 hang4 dim2 ying2 kui1 ping2 heng2 dian3 = break-even point

虧欠 kwai1 him3 kui1 qian4 = to be deficient; to carry a load of debt

虧心 kwai1 sam1 kui1 xin1 = a guilty conscience

虧心事 kwai1 sam1 si6 kui1 xin1 shi4 = shameful deeds

好漢不吃眼前虧 hou2 hon3 bat1 hek3 ngaan5 cin4 kwai1 hao3 han4 bu4 chi1 yan3 qian2 kui1 = a smart man knows when to avoid immediate harm

理虧 lei5 kwai1 li3 kui1 = in the wrong

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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