亏

The character "亏" has 3 strokes. "亏" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "亏" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "亏" are "kuī" . View the stroke order of "亏">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "亏"

v.: lose (money, etc); have a deficit; be short of; be deficient; lack; treat unfairly; fortunately; luckily; thanks to; (of the moon) wane

• be short of : 短缺；缺乏；缺少
• lack : n.没有；缺乏
• fortunately : adv.幸运地；幸亏
• luckily : adv.幸运地；幸好
• thanks to : 幸亏, 由于, 因为

Form words with "亏"

亏老本 lose one's capital

喇叭亏 losses brought on by empty boasting

Example phrases using "亏"

• 得亏我来了，不然就错过机会了。

  Luckily, I had come, otherwise I would have missed the chance.

• 这些股票得立即脱手，不然要亏。

  To cut a loss, we must get these stocks off our hands immediately.

• 亏我妻子有钥匙，要不我进不了门。

  Luckily my wife had the key; otherwise I couldn’t have entered the house.

• 亏你按时赶到了，不然可就误事了。

  Fortunately you came in time; otherwise we would have to put off the whole thing.

• 这番话亏你说得出口。

  You owe it to yourself to say it. / You had the nerve to say so.

• 月盈则亏，水满则溢。

  The moon perfects itself only to wane, and water fills only to overflow.

• 放心，亏不了你。

  Don’t worry; we will not be unfair to you.

• “毒药？啐！亏你想得出！”

  ‘Poison? Pshaw! The very idea!’

• 但看你的情况估计是亏多，遗憾。

  But the circumstance estimation that sees you is deficient much, regretful.

• 亏他说得出，我们该怎么罚他呀？

  How shall we punish him for such a speech?