吃虧

See also: 吃亏

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	deficiency; deficit
trad. (吃虧)		吃	虧
simp. (吃亏)		吃	亏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chīkuī

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄎㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ kwai¹
Min Nan (POJ): khiak-khui / khit-khui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chīkuī
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄎㄨㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chykuei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³ kwai¹
  - Yale: hek kwāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ kwai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hég³ kuei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiak-khui
  - Tâi-lô: khiak-khui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiakquy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰui³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit-khui
  - Tâi-lô: khit-khui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qitquy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ kʰui⁴⁴/

Verb

吃虧

to suffer losses
to be at a disadvantage

Adjective

吃虧

disadvantageous; unfortunate

Adverb

吃虧

unfortunately

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 食虧／食亏

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