贬 biǎn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
贬低
biǎndī
to belittle; to disparage
Characters in this word
低 dī
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 氐 the name of an ancient tribe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 讨论制度缺陷并不是贬低前人的努力，而是为了避免重复同样的错误。 Tǎolùn zhìdù quēxiàn bìng bú shì biǎndī qiánrén de nǔlì, ér shì wèile bìmiǎn chóngfù tóngyàng de cuòwù. Discussing institutional flaws is not belittling the efforts of those before us; it is to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
- 不要为了抬高自己而贬低别人。 Bú yào wèile táigāo zìjǐ ér biǎndī biéren. Don't belittle others in order to raise yourself up.
- 他总是贬低同学的作品，大家都不喜欢他。 Tā zǒngshì biǎndī tóngxué de zuòpǐn, dàjiā dōu bù xǐhuan tā. He always disparages his classmates' work, so nobody likes him.
Related words
- 褒贬 bāobiǎn praise and blame; to appraise
- 贬值 biǎnzhí to depreciate; to devalue
- 低 dī low
- 降低 jiàngdī to lower
- 低于 dīyú lower than
- 低碳 dītàn low-carbon
- 低调 dīdiào low-key; understated
- 低谷 dīgǔ low point; trough
- 低估 dīgū to underestimate
- 低落 dīluò low; downcast; depressed
- 低迷 dīmí sluggish; depressed
- 低下 dīxià low; inferior; poor