吃亏 chīkuī HSK7 be disadvantaged Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 吃亏 (吃虧) chīkuī be disadvantaged adjective to be in an unfavorable position or at a disadvantage due to certain circumstances 他身材矮小，打篮球比较吃亏。 tā shēncái ǎixiǎo, dǎ lánqiú bǐjiào chīkuī. Being short, he is at a disadvantage when playing basketball. suffer loss adjective to suffer financial or personal losses, to lose out, or to be taken advantage of 他宁可自己吃亏，也不愿让朋友受损失。 tā nìngkě zìjǐ chīkuī, yě bù yuàn ràng péngyou shòu sǔnshī. He would rather suffer a loss himself than let his friend suffer one. unfortunately adjective to be at a disadvantage or suffer because of a specific factor; often used as 'the trouble is...' 这孩子挺聪明，就是吃亏在不肯用功。 zhèi háizi tǐng cōngming, jiù shì chīkuī zài bù kěn yònggōng. The child is quite smart, but his drawback is that he won't work hard. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.25 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 8.29 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
吃亏 (吃虧) chīkuī be disadvantaged adjective to be in an unfavorable position or at a disadvantage due to certain circumstances 他身材矮小，打篮球比较吃亏。 tā shēncái ǎixiǎo, dǎ lánqiú bǐjiào chīkuī. Being short, he is at a disadvantage when playing basketball. suffer loss adjective to suffer financial or personal losses, to lose out, or to be taken advantage of 他宁可自己吃亏，也不愿让朋友受损失。 tā nìngkě zìjǐ chīkuī, yě bù yuàn ràng péngyou shòu sǔnshī. He would rather suffer a loss himself than let his friend suffer one. unfortunately adjective to be at a disadvantage or suffer because of a specific factor; often used as 'the trouble is...' 这孩子挺聪明，就是吃亏在不肯用功。 zhèi háizi tǐng cōngming, jiù shì chīkuī zài bù kěn yònggōng. The child is quite smart, but his drawback is that he won't work hard. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.25 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 8.29 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
