HSK 6 · Verbs

贬低 biǎndī “to belittle” in Chinese

Traditional 貶低

What 贬低 means

  1. to belittle
  2. to disparage
  3. to play down
  4. to demean
  5. to degrade
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to devalue

How to say 贬低

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale贬biǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale低dī1st tone, high and level

贬低 in a sentence

  1. 不要贬低别人的努力。

    Búyào biǎndī biéren de nǔlì.

    Don’t belittle other people’s efforts.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他总是贬低自己，其实他很有能力。

    Tā zǒngshì biǎndī zìjǐ, qíshí tā hěn yǒu nénglì.

    He always puts himself down, but he’s actually very capable.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 贬低 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 贬 (biǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
贬biǎnto diminish
  • 贝sea shell · bèi
  • 乏poor · fá
The character 低 (dī) with each of its parts in a different colour
低dīlow
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 氐the name of an ancient tribe · dǐSound part

How to write 贬低

贬 8 strokes · 低 7 strokes

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

Words related to 贬低

Words with 贬

贬义biǎnyì · negative connotation

Words with 低

低dī · low降低jiàngdī · to reduce

More words: Thinking & Talking

暗示ànshì · to hint拜托bàituō · to ask a favour保密bǎomì · to keep something secret鞭策biāncè · to spur on辩解biànjiě · to justify辨认biànrèn · to identify表态biǎotài · to state one’s position不敢当bùgǎndāng · I don’t deserve such praise

FAQs

贬低 (biǎndī) means “to belittle” or “to disparage”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biǎndī: biǎn with a 3rd tone, then dī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 贬低 is written 貶低. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biandi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 贬低 from the suggestions. Typing biandi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
贬低 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.