低賤

Chinese

		to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath	inexpensive; lowly
trad. (低賤)		低	賤
simp. (低贱)		低	贱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dījiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai¹ zin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dījiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dijiàn
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹-chien⁴
    • Yale: dī-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dijiann
    • Palladius: дицзянь (diczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai¹ zin⁶
    • Yale: dāi jihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai¹ dzin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei¹ jin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡siːn²²/

Adjective

低賤

1. (of position or status) humble; lowly
2. (of goods) cheap

Synonyms

• (humble): 卑賤／卑贱 (bēijiàn), 卑下 (bēixià), 鄙賤／鄙贱 (bǐjiàn)

Dialectal synonyms of 便宜 (“cheap”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		便宜, 低廉, 低賤
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	便宜, 賤
	Taiwan	便宜
	Harbin	便宜, 賤
	Malaysia	便宜
	Singapore	便宜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	便宜, 賤
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	便宜, 賤
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	便宜, 賤
	Wanrong	便宜, 賤
	Xi'an	便宜, 賤
	Xining	便宜
	Xuzhou	便宜, 賤
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	便宜
	Lanzhou	便宜
	Ürümqi	便宜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	相因, 便宜
	Wuhan	便宜, 相因
	Guiyang	相因
	Liuzhou	便宜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	便宜
	Yangzhou	便宜, 划廉
	Nantong	便宜
	Hefei	巧, 便宜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	平
	Hong Kong	平
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	平
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	平
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	平
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	平
	Macau	平
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	平
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	平
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	平
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	平
	Foshan	平
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	平
	Foshan (Shunde)	平
	Foshan (Sanshui)	平
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	便宜, 平
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	平
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	平
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	平
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	平
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	平
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	平
	Taishan	平
	Kaiping (Chikan)	平
	Enping (Niujiang)	平
	Heshan (Yayao)	平
	Dongguan	平
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	平
	Qingyuan	平
	Fogang	平
	Yingde (Hanguang)	平
	Yangshan	平, 便宜
	Lianshan (Butian)	平
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	平宜
	Shaoguan	平
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	平
	Renhua	平, 抵得
	Lechang	平
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	平
	Sihui	平
	Guangning	平枯
	Deqing	平
	Huaiji	平
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	平
	Yunfu	平
	Xinxing	平
	Luoding	平
	Yunan (Pingtai)	平
	Yangjiang	平, 平宜
	Nanning	平
	Yulin	平
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	平
	Singapore (Guangfu)	平
Gan	Nanchang	便宜
	Lichuan	便宜
	Pingxiang	便宜
Hakka	Meixian	便宜, 平
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	便宜, 平
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	平
	Boluo (Bendihua)	平, 便宜
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	平
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	平
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	平
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	便宜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	便宜, 平
	Wuhua (Changbu)	平
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	便宜
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	平, 便宜
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	平, 便宜
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	便宜
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	平, 便宜
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	便宜
	Jiexi	便宜
	Yudu	便宜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	便宜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	便宜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	便宜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	便宜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	便宜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	便宜
	Hong Kong	平
	Sabah (Longchuan)	便宜
	Senai (Huiyang)	便宜
	Singkawang	便宜
Huizhou	Jixi	便宜
Jin	Taiyuan	便宜, 賤
	Xinzhou	便宜, 賤
Northern Min	Jian'ou	便宜
	Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping)	便宜
	Songxi	便宜
	Zhenghe	便宜
	Shunchang (Yangdun)	平
	Jianyang	平
	Wuyishan	平
	Pucheng (Shibei)	便宜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	便宜, 賤
	Matsu	便宜
Southern Min	Xiamen	俗, 便宜
	Quanzhou	俗, 便宜
	Zhangzhou	俗, 便宜
	Taipei	俗
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	俗
	Kaohsiung	俗
	Yilan	俗, 便宜
	Changhua (Lukang)	俗
	Taichung	俗
	Taichung (Wuqi)	俗
	Tainan	俗
	Taitung	俗
	Hsinchu	俗
	Kinmen	俗
	Penghu (Magong)	俗, 便宜
	Penang (Hokkien)	便宜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	偏
	Manila (Hokkien)	俗
	Chaozhou	便
	Shantou	便
	Jieyang	便
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	便
	Singapore (Teochew)	便
	Wenchang	便宜
	Haikou	便宜
	Qionghai	便宜
	Singapore (Hainanese)	便宜
Puxian Min	Putian	相因
	Xianyou	相因
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	平
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	平
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	平
Wu	Shanghai	便宜, 𠼢
	Shanghai (Chongming)	便宜, 𠼢
	Suzhou	便宜, 𠼢
	Danyang	便宜, 賤
	Hangzhou	便宜, 𠼢
	Ningbo	便宜, 𠼢
	Wenzhou	鬆, 便宜
	Jinhua	便宜, 賤
Xiang	Changsha	便宜
	Loudi	便宜
	Shuangfeng	便宜, 賤

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
低	賤

Adjective

低賤

1. chữ Hán form of đê tiện (“petty”).