鄙视
Old HSK 6
鄙视 (bǐshì) · to despise
鄙视 (bǐshì) means “to despise; to look down on”. It is written with 2 characters: 鄙 (rustic) + 视 (look). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 鄙视 is built
The characters
鄙 bǐ · rustic
What 鄙 is made of
- 啚bǐ — mean
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 㐭lǐn — granary
- 亠tóu — lid
- 回huí — to return
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
视 shì · look
What 视 is made of
- 礻shì — spirit/altar
- 卜bo — divination
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 卜bo — divination
- 见jiàn — to see
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 见 gives the meaning, 礻 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我们不应该鄙视穷人。Wǒmen bù yīnggāi bǐshì qióngrén.We should not look down on the poor.
他鄙视说谎的人。Tā bǐshì shuōhuǎng de rén.He despises liars.
Questions about 鄙视
What does 鄙视 mean?
鄙视 (bǐshì) means “to despise; to look down on”.
How do you pronounce 鄙视?
鄙视 is pronounced bǐshì.
Which HSK level is 鄙视?
鄙视 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 卑鄙bēibǐdespicable
- 电视diànshìtelevision
- 电视机diànshìjītelevision set
- 重视zhòngshìto value
- 电视剧diànshìjùTV series
- 电视台diànshìtáiTV station
- 影视yǐngshìfilm and television
- 忽视hūshìto ignore
- 轻视qīngshìto look down on
- 敌视díshìto be hostile to
Learn 鄙视 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 10: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.