鄙
视

To despise in Chinese: 鄙视 (bǐ shì)

bǐ shì

to despise

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 鄙視1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to despise
  2. 2to disdain
  3. 3to look down upon

Stroke order

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鄙
视

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄧˇ

bǐ

ㄅ/ bㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

鄙视

Simplified

鄙視

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 大家都鄙视那些爱说谎的人。

    dà jiā dōu bǐ shì nà xiē ài shuō huǎng de rén。

    Everyone looks down on people who love to lie.

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Related words

电视

diàn shì

television

重视

zhòng shì

to attach importance to sth

忽视

hū shì

to neglect

轻视

qīng shì

contempt

影视

yǐng shì

movies and television

视频

shì pín

video

视为

shì wéi

to view as

注视

zhù shì

to look attentively at

近视

jìn shì

shortsighted

卑鄙

bēi bǐ

base

监视

jiān shì

to monitor

歧视

qí shì

to discriminate against

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