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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bǐ | bi3
English translation
rustic
low
base
mean
to despise
to scorn
rustic, vulgar; to despise, to scorn

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjectival morpheme / 形语素 Xíng yǔ sù

Learning hint

village

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

啚阝

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

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huì shì shuí 发起 fā qǐ 这么 zhè me 卑鄙 bēibǐ de 攻击 gōngjī ne ?

Who could have carried out such a vile attack?

刘玉英 kān zhāo 冯云卿 de 背影 bèi yǐng , 鄙夷 bǐ yí de Piān Piān zuǐ .

Liu Yu - ying watched his retreating figure, her lips compressed into a contemptuous line.

鄙人 bǐ rén bèi 一声 yī shēng 大喊 dà hǎn 惊醒 jīng xǐng :“ wéi !”

Yours truly was awoken by a shout: "Ahoy there!"

那么 nà me 鄙人 bǐ rén 可否 kě fǒu 建议 jiànyì 下次 xià cì 我们 wǒmen 大家 dàjiā dōu yāo 做点事

So may I humbly suggest we all do something next time.

袭击者 xí jī zhě Huán zhàn zài 那里 nà li yòng 一种 yī zhǒng 鄙夷 bǐ yí de 眼神 yǎnshén 一言不发 yī yán bù fā de 看着

The attacker still stood there, watching her with silent contempt.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
卑鄙 bēibǐ base卑鄙 bēibǐ
鄙视 bǐshì to despise鄙視
low
鄙人 bǐ rén I鄙人 bǐ rén
鄙夷 bǐ yí to despise鄙夷 bǐ yí
粗鄙 cū bǐ vulgar粗鄙 cū bǐ
可鄙 kě bǐ base可鄙 kě bǐ
鄙弃 bǐ qì to disdain鄙棄
鄙薄 bǐ bó to despise鄙薄 bǐ bó
鄙陋 bǐ lòu superficial鄙陋 bǐ lòu
鄙俗 bǐ sú vulgar鄙俗 bǐ sú
卑鄙龌龊 bēi bǐ wò chuò sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)卑鄙齷齪
贪鄙 tān bǐ to be avaricious and mean貪鄙
鄙见 bǐ jiàn humble idea鄙見
鄙吝 bǐ lìn vulgar鄙吝 bǐ lìn
鄙贱 bǐ jiàn lowly鄙賤

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Decomposition

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