贬 biǎn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
贬值
biǎnzhí
to depreciate; to devalue
Characters in this word
值 zhí
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 直 straight, vertical
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 货币持续贬值会推高进口成本，并最终传导到普通消费者身上。 Huòbì chíxù biǎnzhí huì tuīgāo jìnkǒu chéngběn, bìng zuìzhōng chuándǎo dào pǔtōng xiāofèizhě shēnshang. Continuous currency depreciation pushes up import costs and ultimately passes them on to ordinary consumers.
- 新手机一买回来就开始贬值了。 Xīn shǒujī yì mǎi huílái jiù kāishǐ biǎnzhí le. A new phone starts losing value as soon as you bring it home.
- 二手车的价格这么低，是因为汽车开得越久就越贬值。 Èrshǒuchē de jiàgé zhème dī, shì yīnwèi qìchē kāi de yuè jiǔ jiù yuè biǎnzhí. Used cars are so cheap because the longer a car is driven, the more it loses value.
Related words
- 褒贬 bāobiǎn praise and blame; to appraise
- 贬低 biǎndī to belittle; to disparage
- 价值 jiàzhí value; to be worth
- 值 zhí to be worth
- 值得 zhíde worth
- 值班 zhíbān to be on duty
- 产值 chǎnzhí output value
- 价值观 jiàzhíguān values; value system
- 升值 shēngzhí to rise in value; to appreciate
- 市值 shìzhí market value; market capitalisation
- 值钱 zhíqián valuable; worth money
- 增值 zēngzhí to increase in value; to add value