Definition & Meaning

despise; disdain

Word usage

Words with bi shi

bǐ shì

鄙 视

Level:

HSK6 NHSK 789－1 Yu Wen 8

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v.despise; disdain
- tā men bǐ shì nà xiē rén de wú zhī
  她们鄙视那些人的无知。
  They despised their ignorance.
- yǒu xiē rén bǐ shì tǐ lì láo dòng de rén
  有些人鄙视体力劳动的人。
  Some people look down on manual workers.
- jiù gēn dà duō shù rén yī yàng wǒ bǐ shì zhè xiē shī bào zhě
  就跟大多数人一样，我鄙视这些施暴者。
  Like most people, I despise those abusers.
- bǐ shì tā de lìn sè
  鄙视他的吝啬
  despise his meanness
- bǐ shì mǒu rén
  鄙视某人
  despise somebody
- bǐ shì tā de dí rén
  鄙视他的敌人
  despise his enemies
- tā sù lái bǐ shì nà xiē bāng xián wén rén
  他素来鄙视那些帮闲文人。
  He has always despised such hack scholars.
synonym
qí shì歧视 qīng shì轻视 xiǎo kàn小看 miè shì蔑视 bǐ yí鄙夷 miǎo shì藐视 kàn qīng看轻
antonym
zhòng shì重视 zūn zhòng尊重 zūn jìng尊敬 kàn zhòng看重 zūn chóng尊崇

Word usage

Note
"鄙视" is different from "藐视" and "蔑视". "藐视" means "underestimate the other party"; "蔑视" means "not put the other party in the eyes at all"; "鄙视" means "treat the other party as mean and inferior".

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