得虧

得虧

Chinese

		get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	deficiency; deficit
trad. (得虧)		得	虧
simp. (得亏)		得	亏
anagram		虧得／亏得

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): děikuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄟˇ ㄎㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ kwai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: děikuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄟˇ ㄎㄨㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deeikuei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: děikuei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /teɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰweɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ kwai¹
    • Yale: dāk kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Adverb

得虧

1. (dialectal) fortunately; luckily

   得虧你幫忙 / 得亏你帮忙  ―  děikuī nǐ bāngmáng  ―  thanks to your help

   得虧我來得早，不然又趕不上了。 [MSC, trad.]
   得亏我来得早，不然又赶不上了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Děikuī wǒ lái de zǎo, bùrán yòu gǎn bu shàng le. [Pinyin]

   Fortunately I came early or I wouldn't have been able to catch up.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 得虧

佳哉 (Min Nan) 多虧／多亏 (duōkuī) 好代得 (Min Nan) 好佳哉 (Min Nan) 好值得 (Min Nan) 好在 (hǎozài) 好彩 (Cantonese, Hakka)

好得 (Hakka, Min Nan) 好路 (Min Nan) 幸好 (xìnghǎo) 幸而 (xìng'ér) 幸虧／幸亏 (xìngkuī) 虧得／亏得 (kuīde)