吃亏 chīkuī Suffer

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Traditional: 吃虧

Stroke order

吃亏 is written in 9 strokes across 2 characters.

吃亏 — the Chinese character for Suffer (chīkuī), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 吃亏 — Suffer

吃 — 6 strokes
亏 — 3 strokes

Senses

to suffer losses
to come to grief
to lose out
to get the worst of it
to be at a disadvantage
unfortunately

Characters in 吃亏

吃 chī — to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
亏 kuī — to lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

吃亏 is pronounced chīkuī and means “Suffer”.

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