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
anagram		得虧／得亏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuīde

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹ dak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuīde
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kueide̊
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei¹-tê⁵
    • Yale: kwēi-de
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuei.de
    • Palladius: куйдэ (kujdɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ d̥ə²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai¹ dak¹
    • Yale: kwāi dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵/

Adverb

虧得

1. fortunately; luckily; thankfully

   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]

   There wasn't a single streetlamp 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 zhèiyàng r de xiàohua! [Pinyin]

   Fancy a college professor like you make such a fool of yourself!

Synonyms

• (fortunately):

• 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)
• 得虧／得亏 (děikuī) (dialectal)
• 打幫／打帮 (Hakka)
• 虧／亏 (kuī)
• 造化 (cô̤-*huá) (Eastern Min)