HSK 6 · Money

亏损 kuīsǔn “loss (financial)” in Chinese

Traditional 虧損

What 亏损 means

  1. loss (financial)
  2. deficit
  3. to lose money
  4. (financial) loss

How to say 亏损

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale损sǔn3rd tone, dipping

亏损 in a sentence

  1. 这家店开了一年，一直在亏损。

    Zhè jiā diàn kāi le yì nián, yìzhí zài kuīsǔn.

    This shop has been losing money the whole year it’s been open.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 公司今年扭亏为盈，不再亏损了。

    Gōngsī jīnnián niǔkuīwéiyíng, búzài kuīsǔn le.

    The company has turned a loss into a profit this year and is no longer in the red.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 亏损 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 损 (sǔn) with each of its parts in a different colour
损sǔnto decrease; to diminish
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 员employee · yuánSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 员 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with sǔn.

How to write 亏损

亏 3 strokes · 损 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 亏损

Words with 亏

吃亏chīkuī · to lose out多亏duōkuī · thanks to幸亏xìngkuī · fortunately亏待kuīdài · to treat unfairly

Words with 损

损失sǔnshī · loss损坏sǔnhuài · to damage

More words: Money & Economy

经费jīngfèi · funds金融jīnróng · finance集团jítuán · group开支kāizhī · expenses连锁liánsuǒ · chain (store etc.)流通liútōng · to circulate垄断lǒngduàn · monopoly批发pīfā · wholesale

FAQs

亏损 (kuīsǔn) means “loss (financial)” or “deficit”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kuīsǔn: kuī with a 1st tone, then sǔn with a 3rd 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, 亏损 is written 虧損. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kuisun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 亏损 from the suggestions. Typing kuisun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
亏损 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.