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看不起 kànbuqǐ

看不起 kànbuqǐ Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 看不起 kànbuqǐ .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kànbuqǐ | kan4 bu5 qi3
English translation
to look down upon
to despise

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HSK level

5

Traditional form

看不起 kànbuqǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 看不起 kànbuqǐ

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看 kān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts putting a hand (手 shǒu ) over the eyes (目 mù ) and looking (看 kān ) into the distance.

Positional decomposition

⿱手目

Number of Strokes

9
不 bù

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿱一 yī ？

Number of Strokes

4
起 qǐ

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 走 zǒu represents the meaning and 己 jǐ represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

己 jǐ

Semantic compound

走 zǒu

Positional decomposition

⿺走己

Number of Strokes

10

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他 tā 觉得 juéde 人们 rén men 看 kān 不 bù 起 qǐ 他不懂 dǒng 人情 rén qíng 世故 shì gù .

He felt people were contemptuous of his lack of sophistication.

懒汉 lǎn hàn 总 zǒng 叫 jiào 人 rén 看 kān 不起.

The lazybones are always held in contempt.

他们 tā men 看 kān 不 bù 起 qǐ 她 tā ,就是 jiù shì 因为 yīnwèi 她 tā 家 jiā 穷 qióng .

They looked down on her because her family was poor.

他 tā 对 duì 那些 nà xiē 人 rén 很 hěn 有 yǒu 看法 kànfǎ ，看不起 kànbuqǐ 他们 tā men 粗俗 cū sú 的 de 举止 jǔ zhǐ 。

He was critical of the people, disparaging of their crude manners.

看不起 kànbuqǐ Decomposition

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看不起 kànbuqǐ Compounds

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  • 看 kān
    • 不起
      • 否 fǒu
        • 痞 pǐ , 嚭 pǐ , 俖, 娝, 桮, 脴, 踎
      • 丕 pī
        • 胚 pēi , 呸 pēi , 坯 pī , 抷, 伾 pī , 柸 pēi , 狉 pī , 秠 pī , 苤 piě , 蚽 pí , 邳 pī , 駓, 噽, 岯, 怌, 豾, 鉟, 髬, 魾
      • 还 Huán , 坏 huài , 杯 bēi , 怀 Huái , 环 Huán , 歪 wāi , 孬 nāo , 甭 béng , 钚 bù , 鈈, 吥 bù , 囨 piān , 妚 pēi , 抔 póu , 紑 fóu , 罘 fú , 芣 fú , 伓, 奀, 嫑 biáo , 炋, 盃 bēi , 肧, 衃, 覔, 銔, 阫, 鴀
    • 起 qǐ
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