Chinese word dictionary

亏待

kuīdài · to treat sb unfairly

Practice word

Word information

Simplified亏待

Traditional虧待

Pinyinkuīdài

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

亏kuī

to lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficient

待dài

to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait

How to learn 亏待

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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待dāi

to stay; to remain

待遇dàiyù

treatment; pay; salary; status; rank

等待děngdài

to wait; to wait for

对待duìdài

to treat; treatment

接待jiēdài

to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)

亏kuī

to lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly; luckily; fortunately; thanks to; (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations)