Taiwan Lounge

吃虧

chī kuī

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Stative verb

吃虧 (chī kuī) is a Chinese word meaning “to suffer losses”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to suffer losses
  2. to come to grief
  3. to lose out
  4. to get the worst of it
  5. to be at a disadvantage
  6. unfortunately

Stroke order

Tap a character to replay.

Example

老實人有時候會吃虧。

Honest people sometimes lose out.

Related words at this level

成員乘坐吃驚吃苦吃力持尺寸遲早

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).