看
不
起

To look down upon in Chinese: 看不起 (kàn bu qǐ)

kàn bu qǐ

to look down upon

HSK 3.0 Level 42 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to look down upon
  2. 2to despise

Stroke order

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ㄎㄢˋ

kàn

ㄎ/ kㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄅㄨ

bu

˙/ neutral toneㄅ/ bㄨ/ u

ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 她看不起他。

    tā kàn bù qǐ tā。

    She despised him.

  • 她看不起我。

    tā kàn bù qǐ wǒ。

    She despises me.

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Related words

不

bù

no

看

kàn

to see

起

qǐ

to rise

看见

kàn jiàn

to see

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

看法

kàn fǎ

way of looking at a thing

起飞

qǐ fēi

(of an aircraft) to take off

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