HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

吃亏

chīkuī

Traditional: 吃虧

to suffer losses

HSK 7–9
HSK 7–9 flashcards →Quiz

Meaning of 吃亏 in English

chīkuīHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #5911
  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

Characters

吃 on its own →
chī · to eat; to consume

HSK words with 吃

吃HSK 1好吃HSK 1吃惊HSK 4小吃HSK 4大吃一惊HSK 6吃苦HSK 7–9吃力HSK 7–9口吃HSK 7–9贪吃HSK 7–9吃喝玩乐HSK 7–9
亏 on its own →
kuī · to lose (money); to have a deficit

HSK words with 亏

亏HSK 5多亏HSK 6亏损HSK 6亏本HSK 7–9亏待HSK 7–9幸亏HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences