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): ㄔ ㄎㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ kwai¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): ceh^4-5 kui¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiak-khui / khit-khui
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷chiq ¹khue; ⁷chiq ¹chiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīkuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄎㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihkuei
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-kʻuei¹
    • Yale: chr̄-kwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chykuei
    • Palladius: чикуй (čikuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ kwai¹
    • Yale: hek kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ceh^4-5 kui¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ kʰuei¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷chiq ¹khue; ⁷chiq ¹chiu
    • MiniDict: chih^入 khue^平; chih^入 chiu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qiq ¹khue; ⁴qiq ¹qy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁴⁴  kʰue⁵³/, /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁴⁴  t͡ɕʰy⁵³/

Verb

吃⫽虧 (verb-object)

1. to suffer losses
2. to be at a disadvantage

Synonyms

• (Cantonese, Hakka) 蝕底／蚀底
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 食虧／食亏
• (Hainanese) 食短, 落拙
• (Hokkien) 克虧／克亏

Adjective

吃虧

1. disadvantageous; unfortunate

Synonyms

• 不利 (bùlì)

Derived terms

• 不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前／不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 (bùtīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián)
• 貨比三家不吃虧／货比三家不吃亏 (huòbǐsānjiā bù chīkuī)