HSK 6 · Emotions

蔑视 mièshì “to despise” in Chinese

Traditional 蔑視

What 蔑视 means

  1. to despise
  2. to scorn
  3. contempt
  4. to loathe

How to say 蔑视

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale蔑miè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale视shì4th tone, falling

蔑视 in a sentence

  1. 她用蔑视的眼光看了他一眼。

    Tā yòng mièshì de yǎnguāng kàn le tā yìyǎn.

    She gave him a look of contempt.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们不应该蔑视别人的劳动。

    Wǒmen bù yīnggāi mièshì biéren de láodòng.

    We shouldn’t scorn other people’s work.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 蔑视 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 蔑 (miè) with each of its parts in a different colour
蔑mièto belittle
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 罒net form of 网 · wǎng
  • 戍to garrison · shù
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 蔑视

蔑 14 strokes · 视 8 strokes

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

Words related to 蔑视

Words with 蔑

污蔑wūmiè · to slander

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

谅解liàngjiě · to understand留恋liúliàn · to be reluctant to leave茫然mángrán · at a loss藐视miǎoshì · to despise纳闷儿nàmènr · to feel puzzled难堪nánkān · embarrassed恼火nǎohuǒ · annoyed迫不及待pòbùjídài · too impatient to wait

FAQs

蔑视 (mièshì) means “to despise” or “to scorn”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mièshì: miè with a 4th 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, 蔑视 is written 蔑視. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mieshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 蔑视 from the suggestions. Typing mieshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
蔑视 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.