HSK 6 · Verbs

亏待 kuīdài “to treat unfairly” in Chinese

Traditional 虧待

What 亏待 means

  1. to treat unfairly
  2. to treat sb unfairly

How to say 亏待

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale亏kuī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale待dài4th tone, falling

亏待 in a sentence

  1. 放心吧，我们不会亏待你的。

    Fàngxīn ba, wǒmen bú huì kuīdài nǐ de.

    Don’t worry, we won’t treat you unfairly.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 你这么努力，公司不会亏待你。

    Nǐ zhème nǔlì, gōngsī bú huì kuīdài nǐ.

    You work so hard; the company won’t let you down.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 亏待 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 亏 (kuī) drawn as one shape
亏kuīto lose; to have a deficit

亏 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 待 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
待dàito wait
  • 彳step · chì
  • 寺court · sì

How to write 亏待

亏 3 strokes · 待 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

亏待 (kuīdài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 亏待 (kuīdài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 亏待

Words with 亏

吃亏chīkuī · to lose out多亏duōkuī · thanks to幸亏xìngkuī · fortunately亏损kuīsǔn · loss (financial)

Words with 待

待dāi · to stay接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)等待děngdài · to wait对待duìdài · to treat招待zhāodài · to hold a reception期待qīdài · to look forward to待遇dàiyù · treatment看待kàndài · to regard款待kuǎndài · to entertain (guests)虐待nüèdài · to abuse

More words: Common Verbs

扣kòu · to button挎kuà · to carry on the arm or over the shoulder跨kuà · to step across款待kuǎndài · to entertain (guests)捆绑kǔnbǎng · to tie up扩充kuòchōng · to expand扩散kuòsàn · to spread扩张kuòzhāng · to expand

FAQs

亏待 (kuīdài) means “to treat unfairly” or “to treat sb unfairly”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kuīdài: kuī with a 1st tone, then dài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 亏待 is written 虧待. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kuidai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 亏待 from the suggestions. Typing kuidai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
亏待 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.