亏

虧

kuī

verb/adverb HSK 5 #10,404

Meanings

Zhè cì tóuzī kuī le bù shǎo qián.

This investment lost quite a bit of money.

Kuī nǐ hái shì wǒ péngyou ne!

And you call yourself my friend! (sarcastic)

Gōngsī jīnnián kuīsǔn yánzhòng.

The company had serious losses this year.

usage

亏 at the start of a sentence is sarcastic/ironic: 亏你还说呢！ (How dare you even say that!). It implies the listener should know better.

grammar

吃亏 (chī kuī) means 'to suffer a loss/disadvantage.' It's one of the most common collocations with 亏.

亏 kuī