亏 [kuī]

• 动词
  • （受损失; 亏折） lose money, etc.); have a deficit:

    have a deficit of 200 yuan; have lost 200 yuan;

    亏了二百元

    profit and loss;

    盈亏

  • （欠缺; 短少） be short of; be deficient; lack:

    be in the wrong;

    理亏

    fail to build a mound for want of one final basket of earth; fall short of success for lack of a final effort

    功亏一篑

  • （使吃亏; 辜负） treat unfairly:

    Don't worry. We won't be unfair to you.

    你放心吧，亏不了你。

    The land won't fail people as long as people don't fail the land.

    人不亏地， 地不亏人。

• 副词
  • （多亏; 幸亏） fortunately; luckily; thanks to:

    Luckily he reminded me. Otherwise I'd have forgotten all about it.

    亏他提醒了我， 要不我早忘了。

  • （反说， 表示讥讽）:

    And he had the nerve to say so!

    亏他说得出口!

• 名词
  • （月蚀初亏） (of the moon) wane