HSK 6 · Society

歧视 qíshì “to discriminate against” in Chinese

Traditional 歧視

What 歧视 means

  1. to discriminate against
  2. discrimination

How to say 歧视

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale歧qí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale视shì4th tone, falling

歧视 in a sentence

  1. 我不歧视人。

    Wǒ bù qíshì rén.

    I don’t discriminate against anyone.

    Sentence #7767712 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 因为人的种族而歧视他们是一种错误。

    Yīnwèi rén de zhǒngzú ér qíshì tāmen shì yì zhǒng cuòwù.

    It’s wrong to discriminate against people because of their race.

    Sentence #464750 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他反对种族歧视。

    Tā fǎnduì zhǒngzú qíshì.

    He’s against racial discrimination.

    Sentence #464747 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 歧视 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 歧 (qí) with each of its parts in a different colour
歧qídivergent
  • 止stop · zhǐMeaning part
  • 支branch · zhīSound part

止 hints at the meaning (stop); 支 (zhī) hints at the sound. Compare it with qí.

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 歧视

歧 8 strokes · 视 8 strokes

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

Words related to 歧视

Words with 歧

分歧fēnqí · difference (of opinion)

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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强制qiángzhì · compulsory谴责qiǎnzé · to condemn侵犯qīnfàn · to infringe情报qíngbào · intelligence权威quánwēi · authority取缔qǔdì · to ban群众qúnzhòng · the masses驱逐qūzhú · to expel

FAQs

歧视 (qíshì) means “to discriminate against” or “discrimination”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qíshì: qí with a 2nd 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, 歧视 is written 歧視. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qishi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 歧视 from the suggestions. Typing qishi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
歧视 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.