鄙 bǐ
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 啚 mean, low 阝 place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
鄙视
bǐshì
to despise; to look down on
Characters in this word
视 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 见 to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他表面上谈包容，私下却鄙视那些出身普通的同事，这种傲慢迟早会暴露。 Tā biǎomiàn shàng tán bāoróng, sīxià què bǐshì nàxiē chūshēn pǔtōng de tóngshì, zhè zhǒng àomàn chízǎo huì bàolù. On the surface he talks about tolerance, but privately he looks down on colleagues from ordinary backgrounds; that arrogance will be exposed sooner or later.
- 我们不应该鄙视任何一份正当的工作。 Wǒmen bù yīnggāi bǐshì rènhé yí fèn zhèngdàng de gōngzuò. We should not look down on any honest job.
- 他用鄙视的眼神看了我一眼，什么也没说。 Tā yòng bǐshì de yǎnshén kàn le wǒ yì yǎn, shénme yě méi shuō. He gave me a contemptuous look and said nothing.
Related words
- 卑鄙 bēibǐ despicable; contemptible
- 电视 diànshì television, TV
- 电视机 diànshìjī TV set
- 重视 zhòngshì to value; to take seriously
- 电视剧 diànshìjù television series
- 电视台 diànshìtái television station
- 影视 yǐngshì film and television
- 忽视 hūshì to ignore
- 视频 shìpín video
- 视为 shìwéi to regard as
- 注视 zhùshì to stare at
- 近视 jìnshì nearsighted