How is 亏 pronounced?

亏 is pronounced “kuī” in pinyin.

What HSK level is 亏?

亏 belongs to HSK 5 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

How do you write 亏?

Follow the stroke-order animation above; 亏 is written using standard stroke order. Practice it in the writing trainer.

HSK 5verbverb / noun

亏

Traditional: 虧

kuī

亏 (kuī) means “deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that...”. It is an HSK 5 Chinese character (traditional 虧) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

Stroke order

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Example

做这笔生意亏了不少钱。

Zuò zhè bǐ shēngyi kuī le bùshǎo qián.

He lost a lot of money on this deal.

Words containing 亏

吃亏chī kuīto suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out 多亏duō kuīthanks to; luckily 幸亏xìng kuīfortunately; luckily 亏待kuī dàito treat sb unfairly 亏损kuī sǔndeficit; (financial) loss

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Frequently asked questions

What does 亏 mean?: 亏 (kuī) means “deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that...”. It is an HSK 5 word.
How is 亏 pronounced?: 亏 is pronounced “kuī” in pinyin.
What HSK level is 亏?: 亏 belongs to HSK 5 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
How do you write 亏?: Follow the stroke-order animation above; 亏 is written using standard stroke order. Practice it in the writing trainer.

Updated: 2026-07-18