亏损 kuīsǔn loss

Traditional: 虧損

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 亏损 is in band 7–9. HSK 6 explained

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中亏损means a loss, as in a business losing money. You'd say it when a shop owner looks at the books at night and sighs about the loss this month. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

亏损 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

亏损 — the Chinese character for loss (kuīsǔn), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 亏损 — loss

亏 — 3 strokes
损 — 10 strokes

Senses

deficit
(financial) loss

Characters in 亏损

亏 kuī — to lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly
损 sǔn — (bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Where 亏损 lives

HSK 6 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 7–9 Practise Topic: Money and finance Practise Topic: Business and economy Practise

亏损 is pronounced kuīsǔn and means “loss”.