kuī = ku + ei1
deficiency / deficit / luckily / it's lucky that... / (often ironically) fancy that...
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How to pronounce 亏

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ku initial

K is for Karl Koala.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ei1 final

In front of the Eiffel Tower.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago

亏 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
èr = Ø + Ø4
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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= y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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kǎo = k + ao3
"breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters
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Characters with 亏 as component

kuā = ku + a1
to boast / to exaggerate / to praise
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kuā = ku + a1
see 夸克[kua1 ke4]
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= w + Ø1
variant of 污[wu1]
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Words with 亏

thanks to / luckily
fortunately / luckily
to fall short of / to have a deficit / deficit / deficiency

Sentences with 亏

亏 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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kuī

deficiency / deficit / luckily / it's lucky that... / (often ironically) fancy that...

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