Chinese word dictionary

亏空

kuī kōng · in debt; in the red; in deficit

Practice word

Word information

Simplified亏空

Traditional虧空

Pinyinkuī kōng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

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

空kōng

hollow, empty, deserted, bare

How to learn 亏空

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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empty; air; sky; in vain

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air; atmosphere

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space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space

空中kōngzhōng

in the sky; in the air

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)