亏 (kuī) means Owes (deficit - deficiency). Below are 12 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
公司连续两年 亏 损。
Gōngsī liánxù liǎng nián kuīsǔn.
The company has made a loss for two years running.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 亏损
太老实有时候会吃 亏 。
Tài lǎoshi yǒu shíhou huì chīkuī.
Being too honest can sometimes cost you.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吃亏
这次买卖我们吃 亏 了。
Zhè cì mǎimai wǒmen chīkuī le.
We lost out on this deal.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吃亏
你放心，不会 亏 待你的。
Nǐ fàngxīn, bú huì kuīdài nǐ de.
Rest assured, you will not be short-changed.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 亏待
多 亏 你帮忙，事情才办好。
Duōkuī nǐ bāngmáng, shìqing cái bàn hǎo.
Thanks to your help, it got done.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 多亏
多 亏 出门早，我们没迟到。
Duōkuī chū mén zǎo, wǒmen méi chídào.
Luckily we left early, so we were not late.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 多亏
幸 亏 带了伞，不然就淋湿了。
Xìngkuī dài le sǎn, bùrán jiù lín shī le.
Luckily I brought an umbrella, or I would have got soaked.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 幸亏
公司从来没有 亏 待过老员工。
Gōngsī cónglái méiyǒu kuīdài guo lǎo yuángōng.
The company has never treated its long-serving staff unfairly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 亏待
今年终于扭转了 亏 损的局面。
Jīnnián zhōngyú niǔzhuǎn le kuīsǔn de júmiàn.
This year the losses were finally turned around.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 亏损
公司终于摆脱了连续三年的 亏 损。
Gōngsī zhōngyú bǎituō le liánxù sān nián de kuīsǔn.
The company finally broke free of three straight years of losses.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 摆脱
他宁肯自己吃 亏 ，也不让朋友为难。
Tā nìngkěn zìjǐ chīkuī, yě bú ràng péngyou wéinán.
He would rather lose out himself than put a friend in a difficult spot.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宁肯
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Words that contain 亏
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Questions about 亏
How is 亏 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 sentences using 亏 (kuī, "Owes (deficit - deficiency)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 亏 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 亏 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 亏?
The dictionary page for 亏 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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