虧得

虧得

See also: 亏得

Chinese

		deficiency; deficit	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
trad. (虧得)		虧	得
simp. (亏得)		亏	得

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuīde

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹ dak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuīde
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuei.de
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ d̥ə²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai¹ dak¹
    • Yale: kwāi dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹ deg¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵/

Adverb

虧得

1. fortunately; luckily

   這兒一個路燈都沒有，虧得我雀盲眼不算厲害，沒摔著什麼伍的。 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   这儿一个路灯都没有，亏得我雀盲眼不算厉害，没摔着什么伍的。 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Zhàr yī ge lùdēng dōu méiyǒu, kuīde wǒ qiǎomangyǎn bùsuàn lìhai, méi shuāi zhe shénmewǔde. [Pinyin]

   Not a single streetlamp was here. Thankfully my nightblindness isn't serious, so I didn't fall or anything.

2. (sarcastic) fancy that; how fortunate

   虧得你還是個大學教授呢，怎麼也鬧得出來這樣兒的笑話！ [MSC, trad.]
   亏得你还是个大学教授呢，怎么也闹得出来这样儿的笑话！ [MSC, simp.]

   Kuīde nǐ hái shì ge dàxué jiàoshòu ne, zěnme yě nào de chūlái zhèiyàngr de xiàohua! [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• (fortunately): 多虧／多亏 (duōkuī), 幸而 (xìng'ér), 幸好 (xìnghǎo), 幸虧／幸亏 (xìngkuī), 好在 (hǎozài); (Cantonese, Hakka) 好彩 (hǎocǎi); (Hakka, Min Nan) 好得; (Min Nan) 好路, 好代得, 好佳哉, 佳哉, 好值得