HSK 6 · Emotions

鄙视 bǐshì “to despise” in Chinese

Traditional 鄙視

What 鄙视 means

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

How to say 鄙视

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale鄙bǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale视shì4th tone, falling

鄙视 in a sentence

  1. 他鄙视那个小伙子。

    Tā bǐshì nà ge xiǎohuǒzi.

    He looked down on that young man.

    Sentence #604459 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我鄙视你。

    Wǒ bǐshì nǐ.

    I despise you.

    Sentence #5067373 from Tatoeba

How 鄙视 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 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.

The character 视 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
视shìto look at
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shìSound part
  • 见to see · jiànMeaning part

见 hints at the meaning (to see); 礻 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with shì.

How to write 鄙视

鄙 13 strokes · 视 8 strokes

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

Words related to 鄙视

Words with 鄙

卑鄙bēibǐ · despicable

Words with 视

电视diànshì · television重视zhòngshì · to take seriously忽视hūshì · to neglect轻视qīngshì · to look down on视力shìlì · eyesight视线shìxiàn · line of sight俯视fǔshì · to look down on (from above)监视jiānshì · to monitor凝视níngshì · to gaze at注视zhùshì · to gaze at

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爱戴àidài · to love and respect巴不得bābudé · to be eager to抱负bàofù · aspiration悲哀bēi'āi · sorrowful不屑一顾búxièyígù · to disdain诧异chàyì · astonished称心如意chènxīnrúyì · to be completely satisfied崇拜chóngbài · to worship

FAQs

鄙视 (bǐshì) means “to despise” or “to look down on”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bǐshì: bǐ with a 3rd tone, then shì with a 4th 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, 鄙视 is written 鄙視. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bishi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 鄙视 from the suggestions. Typing bishi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
鄙视 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.