不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不屑
búxiè
to disdain; to think something beneath oneself
Characters in this word
屑 xiè
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 尸 — body, corpse
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他不屑用流量话题炒作自己，宁愿用作品说话。 Tā búxiè yòng liúliàng huàtí chǎozuò zìjǐ, nìngyuàn yòng zuòpǐn shuōhuà. He disdains using traffic-driven topics to hype himself and would rather let his work speak.
- 她不屑和那些爱说闲话的人来往。 Tā búxiè hé nàxiē ài shuō xiánhuà de rén láiwǎng. She disdains to associate with people who love to gossip.
- 他看了看那份礼物，不屑地笑了笑。 Tā kàn le kàn nà fèn lǐwù, búxiè de xiào le xiào. He looked at the gift and gave a scornful smile.