亏 kuī
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 二 — two
亏损
kuīsǔn
to lose money
Characters in this word
损 sǔn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 员 employee
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 由于原材料价格上涨，工厂连续两个季度亏损。 Yóuyú yuáncáiliào jiàgé shàngzhǎng, gōngchǎng liánxù liǎng ge jìdù kuīsǔn. Because raw material prices rose, the factory lost money for two consecutive quarters.
- 这家餐厅开业第一年就亏损了不少钱。 Zhè jiā cāntīng kāiyè dì yī nián jiù kuīsǔn le bù shǎo qián. This restaurant lost quite a lot of money in its first year.
- 公司去年亏损严重，今年必须想办法降低成本。 Gōngsī qùnián kuīsǔn yánzhòng, jīnnián bìxū xiǎng bànfǎ jiàngdī chéngběn. The company suffered heavy losses last year and must find ways to cut costs this year.
Related words
- 亏 kuī to lose money
- 多亏 duōkuī thanks to, fortunately
- 吃亏 chīkuī to suffer losses; to be at a disadvantage
- 亏本 kuīběn to lose money; to operate at a loss
- 亏待 kuīdài to treat unfairly; to treat shabbily
- 幸亏 xìngkuī thanks to; fortunately
- 损害 sǔnhài to harm; to damage
- 损失 sǔnshī loss; damage
- 损坏 sǔnhuài to damage
- 损伤 sǔnshāng to harm
- 磨损 mósǔn to wear down; wear and tear
- 损人利己 sǔnrénlìjǐ to harm others for one's own benefit