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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 吃亏
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 吃亏 | chī kuī | - to suffer losses - to come to grief - to lose out - to get the worst of it - to be at a disadvantage - unfortunately |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 9 | 18,668 | 10,002 | 6,558 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 吃 | chī | - to eat; to consume - to eat at (a cafeteria etc) - to eradicate; to destroy - to absorb - to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) |
| 吃 | chī | - variant of 吃[chi1] |
| 亏 | kuī | - to lose (money); to have a deficit - to be deficient - to treat unfairly - luckily; fortunately; thanks to - (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations) |
Other Words Containing 吃亏
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 吃亏 | 5 | 9 | 18,668 | 10,002 | 6,558 |