鄙薄

Chinese

		rustic; low; base rustic; low; base; mean	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (鄙薄)		鄙	薄
simp. #(鄙薄)		鄙	薄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐbó

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei² bok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐbó
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-po²
    • Yale: bǐ-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biibor
    • Palladius: бибо (bibo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei² bok⁶
    • Yale: péi bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei² bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi² bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵ pɔːk̚²/

Verb

鄙薄

1. to despise; to scorn; to have contempt for; to look down upon

Synonyms

• 下視／下视 (xiàshì) (literary)
• 不屑 (bùxiè)
• 不齒／不齿 (bùchǐ) (formal)
• 侮蔑 (wǔmiè)
• 傲睨 (àonì) (archaic)
• 卑視／卑视 (bēishì) (archaic)
• 厭薄／厌薄 (yànbó) (literary)
• 嗤鄙 (chībǐ) (archaic)
• 嫌鄙 (xiánbǐ) (literary)
• 小看 (xiǎokàn)
• 小瞧 (xiǎoqiáo) (colloquial)
• 小視／小视 (xiǎoshì) (literary)
• 小覷／小觑 (xiǎoqù) (literary)
• 恝視／恝视 (jiáshì) (literary)
• 打落 (Hakka)
• 渺視／渺视 (miǎoshì)
• 漠視／漠视 (mòshì)
• 無視／无视 (wúshì)
• 看不來／看不来 (kan⁴ bu lai²) (Xiang)
• 看不起 (kànbuqǐ)
• 看扁 (kànbiǎn) (colloquial)
• 看毋起 (Hakka)
• 看衰 (Hakka)
• 看輕／看轻 (kànqīng)
• 睇唔起 (tai² m⁴ hei²) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 睇小 (tai² siu²) (Cantonese)
• 睇衰 (tai² seoi¹) (Cantonese)
• 睇輕／睇轻 (Teochew)
• 瞧不來／瞧不来 (ziau² bu lai²) (Xiang)
• 瞧不起 (qiáobuqǐ)
• 蔑視／蔑视 (mièshì)
• 藐視／藐视 (miǎoshì)
• 譬相 (Hokkien)
• 輕易／轻易 (qīngyì) (literary)
• 輕視／轻视 (qīngshì)
• 輕蔑／轻蔑 (qīngmiè)
• 輕賤／轻贱 (qīngjiàn)
• 鄙夷 (bǐyí) (literary)
• 鄙視／鄙视 (bǐshì)
• 鄙賤／鄙贱 (bǐjiàn) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• 尊重 (zūnzhòng)
• 珍重 (zhēnzhòng)
• 厚愛／厚爱 (hòu'ài)

Adjective

鄙薄

1. (literary, humble, of knowledge, view, etc.) ignorant and shallow

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鄙	薄
ひ Hyōgaiji	はく Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

鄙(ひ)薄(はく) • (hihaku) 

1. (literary) despisal, contempt, scorn

Synonyms

• 軽蔑(けいべつ) (keibetsu)

Antonyms

• 尊重(そんちょう) (sonchō, “respect”)
• 珍重(ちんちょう) (chinchō, “cherishing”)

Verb

鄙(ひ)薄(はく)する • (hihaku suru) suru (stem 鄙(ひ)薄(はく)し (hihaku shi), past 鄙(ひ)薄(はく)した (hihaku shita))

1. (transitive) to despise; to scorn: to look down on

   大(おお)いに郡人(ぐんじん)を鄙薄(ひはく)する

   ōini gunjin o hihakusuru

   to despise countrymen thoroughly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "鄙薄する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	鄙薄し	ひはくし	hihaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	鄙薄し	ひはくし	hihaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	鄙薄する	ひはくする	hihaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	鄙薄する	ひはくする	hihaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	鄙薄すれ	ひはくすれ	hihaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	鄙薄せよ¹ 鄙薄しろ²	ひはくせよ¹ ひはくしろ²	hihaku seyo¹ hihaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	鄙薄される	ひはくされる	hihaku sareru
Causative	鄙薄させる 鄙薄さす	ひはくさせる ひはくさす	hihaku saseru hihaku sasu
Potential	鄙薄できる	ひはくできる	hihaku dekiru
Volitional	鄙薄しよう	ひはくしよう	hihaku shiyō
Negative	鄙薄しない	ひはくしない	hihaku shinai
Negative continuative	鄙薄せず	ひはくせず	hihaku sezu
Formal	鄙薄します	ひはくします	hihaku shimasu
Perfective	鄙薄した	ひはくした	hihaku shita
Conjunctive	鄙薄して	ひはくして	hihaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	鄙薄すれば	ひはくすれば	hihaku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative