HSK C5/W3/V5
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/ kuī /
Strokes

Definition

deficiency/deficit/luckily/it's lucky that.../(often ironically) fancy that...

Example

As a Verb

lose (money, etc); have a deficit

1
lǎoběn
老本
kuī
guāng
le

have lost all one's capital

2
Kuī
le
100
100
yuán

have a deficit of 100 yuan ; lose 100 yuan

As a Verb

be short of; be deficient; lack

3
kuī
20
20
yuán
  

I owe you 20 yuan.

4
xuè
气血
liǎng
kuī

dual depletion of qi and blood

As a Verb

treat unfairly

5
Rén
kuī
  
,
kuī
rén
  

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

6
Fàngxīn
放心
  
,
kuī
le
  

Don't worry; we will not be unfair to you.

As a Verb

fortunately; luckily; thanks to

7
Kuī
妻子
yǒu
yàoshi
钥匙
  
,
yào
要不
jìn
le
mén
  

Luckily my wife had the key; otherwise I couldn't have entered the house.

8
Kuī
ànshí
按时
gǎndào
赶到
le
  
,
rán
不然
jiù
shì
误事
le
  

Fortunately you came in time; otherwise we would have to put off the whole thing.

As a Verb

[used to show irony]

9
Zhè
pān
huà
kuī
shuō
chūkǒu
出口
  

You owe it to yourself to say it. / You had the nerve to say so.

10
Kuī
háishi
还是
xuéshēng
大学生
  
,
lián
zhège
这个
dōu
zhīdào
知道
  

For a college student, you ought to know better than that!

As a Verb

(of the moon) wane

11
Yuèmǎnkuī
月满则亏
  

When the moon becomes full, it begins to wane.