HSK 6 · Emotions

藐视 miǎoshì “to despise” in Chinese

Traditional 藐視

What 藐视 means

  1. to despise
  2. to look down on

How to say 藐视

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale藐miǎo3rd 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

藐视 in a sentence

  1. 不要藐视任何一个对手。

    Búyào miǎoshì rènhé yí ge duìshǒu.

    Never look down on any opponent.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他藐视规则，常常迟到早退。

    Tā miǎoshì guīzé, chángcháng chídào zǎotuì.

    He has no regard for the rules and often arrives late and leaves early.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 藐视 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 藐 (miǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
藐miǎoto despise
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 貌countenance · mào
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 藐视

藐 17 strokes · 视 8 strokes

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

Words related to 藐视

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

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

乐意lèyì · willing谅解liàngjiě · to understand留恋liúliàn · to be reluctant to leave茫然mángrán · at a loss蔑视mièshì · to despise纳闷儿nàmènr · to feel puzzled难堪nánkān · embarrassed恼火nǎohuǒ · annoyed

FAQs

藐视 (miǎoshì) means “to despise” or “to look down on”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it miǎoshì: miǎo 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, 藐视 is written 藐視. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type miaoshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 藐视 from the suggestions. Typing miaoshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
藐视 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.