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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: děikuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄟˇ ㄎㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: děikuei
    • Wade–Giles: tei³-kʻuei¹
    • Yale: děi-kwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deeikuei
    • Palladius: дэйкуй (dɛjkuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /teɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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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• 佳哉 (Hokkien)
• 多虧 / 多亏 (duōkuī)
• 好代得 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好佳哉 (Hokkien)
• 好值得 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 好在 (hǎozài)
• 好彩 (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 好得 (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)
• 好是 (hǎoshì) (formal)
• 好路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 幸好 (xìnghǎo)
• 幸而 (xìng'ér)
• 幸虧 / 幸亏 (xìngkuī)
• 打幫 / 打帮 (Hakka)
• 虧 / 亏 (kuī)
• 虧得 / 亏得 (kuīde)
• 造化 (cô̤-*huá) (Eastern Min)