HSK 6 · Adjectives

卑鄙 bēibǐ “despicable” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 卑鄙 means

  1. despicable
  2. mean
  3. contemptible
  4. base

How to say 卑鄙

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale卑bēi1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale鄙bǐ3rd tone, dipping

卑鄙 in a sentence

  1. 他是个卑鄙小人。

    Tā shì ge bēibǐ xiǎorén.

    He is a despicable person.

    Sentence #9961328 from Tatoeba

  2. 我为你的卑鄙行径感到羞耻。

    Wǒ wèi nǐ de bēibǐ xíngjìng gǎndào xiūchǐ.

    I am ashamed of your despicable deed.

    Sentence #1998070 from Tatoeba

How 卑鄙 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 卑 (bēi) drawn as one shape
卑bēilow

卑 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 鄙 (bǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
鄙bǐrustic
  • 啚meanSound part
  • 阝placeMeaning part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 啚 () hints at the sound. Compare it with bǐ.

How to write 卑鄙

卑 8 strokes · 鄙 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

卑鄙 (bēibǐ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 卑鄙 (bēibǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 卑鄙

Words with 卑

自卑zìbēi · to feel inferior

Words with 鄙

鄙视bǐshì · to despise

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FAQs

卑鄙 (bēibǐ) means “despicable” or “mean”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bēibǐ: bēi with a 1st tone, then bǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 卑鄙 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type beibi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 卑鄙 from the suggestions. Typing beibi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
卑鄙 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.