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To look down on in Chinese: 小看 (xiǎo kàn)

xiǎo kàn

to look down on

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to look down on
  2. 2to underestimate

Stroke order

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小
看

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄠˇ

xiǎo

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄎㄢˋ

kàn

ㄎ/ kㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 你可别小看这个年轻人的能力。

    nǐ kě bié xiǎo kàn zhè ge nián qīng rén de néng lì。

    Don't underestimate this young man's ability.

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Related words

看

kàn

to see

小

xiǎo

small

看见

kàn jiàn

to see

小姐

xiǎo jie

young lady

小时

xiǎo shí

hour

小心

xiǎo xīn

to be careful

看法

kàn fǎ

way of looking at a thing

小说

xiǎo shuō

novel

看来

kàn lai

apparently

难看

nán kàn

ugly

缩小

suō xiǎo

to reduce

小吃

xiǎo chī

snack

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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