虧 (kwai1) — (of the moon) wane in Cantonese

kwaiˉ¹虧

简亏

Mandarin Pinyin: kui1

Meaning of 虧

noun(of the moon) wane

noundespite; dare to

nounlack; be deficient; be short of

nounfortunately; luckily; thanks to

nountreat unfairly; be unfair to

nounlose (money, etc); have a deficit

Example Sentences with 虧

gam˗₃咁joengˍ₆樣wuiˏ₅會haak˗₃吃kwaiˉ¹虧。

Doing it like that will put you at a disadvantage.

siuˊ²小samˉ¹心beiˊ²俾janˎ₄人haak˗₃吃kwaiˉ¹虧。

Be careful not to be exploited.

mˎ₄唔houˊ²好sikˍ₆食kwaiˉ¹虧。

Don't get taken advantage of.

song˗₃上ci˗₃次ngoˏ₅我haak˗₃吃kwaiˉ¹虧。

Last time, I was taken advantage of.

keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日haak˗₃食kwaiˉ¹虧。

He's always getting the short end of the stick.

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Words Containing 虧

功虧一簣gung1 kwai1 jat1 gwai6

fail to succeed for lack of a final effort

幸虧hang6 kwai1

luckily. Cant.: 好彩

理虧lei5 kwai1

in the wrong; justice is not on one's side

扭虧為盈nau2 kwai1 wai4 jing4

to go from defecit to surplus; to turnaround; to reverse defecit and make profit

盈虧平衡點jing4 kwai1 ping4 hang4 dim2

lose money; have a deficit

吃虧hek3 kwai1

to take a loss; to suffer misfortune; to come to grief; to bite the dust | Cant.: 蝕底; 輸蝕

虧欠kwai1 him3

to be deficient; to carry a load of debt

虧本kwai1 bun2

lose money in business

虧損kwai1 syun2

deficit, (financial) loss

虧心事kwai1 sam1 si6

shameful deeds [syn.]缺德的事 [粵]陰騭事；陰騭嘢

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