蔑视
mièshì
to despise; to treat with contempt
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
- 他表面上谈公平，私下却蔑视那些没有资源的人。 Tā biǎomiàn shàng tán gōngpíng, sīxià què mièshì nàxiē méiyǒu zīyuán de rén. He speaks of fairness in public, yet in private he despises those who lack resources.
- 她用蔑视的眼神看了他一眼，转身走了。 Tā yòng mièshì de yǎnshén kàn le tā yì yǎn, zhuǎn shēn zǒu le. She gave him a look of contempt and turned away.
- 我们不应该蔑视任何一份正当的工作。 Wǒmen bù yīnggāi mièshì rènhé yí fèn zhèngdàng de gōngzuò. We should not look down on any honest job.
Related words
- 轻蔑 qīngmiè to scorn; contemptuous; disdainful
- 污蔑 wūmiè to slander; to smear
- 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