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吃亏

Traditional: 吃虧

chī kuī

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 5

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

chī kuī · hek3 kwai1 (Jyutping)

  1. to suffer losses
  2. to come to grief
  3. to lose out
  4. to get the worst of it
  5. to be at a disadvantage
  6. unfortunately

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

吃

Meaning
eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
Radical
口
Strokes
6
Components
⿰口乞
Cangjie
RON
Four-corner
6801.7

亏

Meaning
lose, fail; damage; deficient
Radical
二
Strokes
3
Components
⿱二？
Cangjie
XMMVS
Four-corner
1002

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