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[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
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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虧折 kwai1 sit6 = to make a capital loss 幸虧 hang6 kwai1 = luckily 國 自負盈虧 zi6 fu6 jing4 kwai1 = take full responsibility for a business 吃虧 hek3 kwai1 = to suffer a loss 國 多虧 do1 kwai1 = luckily; fortunately; thanks to; owing to 虧損 kwai1 syun2 = deficit, (financial) loss 虧本 kwai1 bun2 = 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 = loss percent 虧佬 kwai1 lou2 = an impotent man See all 23 compounds (CantoDict reports 21 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum) |
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Legend 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. |