看不起

看不起

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	cannot afford to ...; do not wish to ...
trad. (看不起)		看	不起
simp. #(看不起)		看	不起

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànbuqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ bat¹ hei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kànbuqǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannbuchii
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰa̠n⁵¹ b̥u¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ bat¹ hei²
    • Yale: hon bāt héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ bat⁷ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ bed¹ héi²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ pɐt̚⁵ hei̯³⁵/

Verb

看不起

1. to abhor; to despise; to look down on

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 看不起

侮蔑 (wǔmiè) 傲睨 (àonì) (archaic) 卑視／卑视 (bēishì) (archaic) 厭薄／厌薄 (yànbó) (literary) 嗤鄙 (chībǐ) (archaic) 小看 (xiǎokàn) 小瞧 (xiǎoqiáo) (colloquial) 小視／小视 (xiǎoshì) (literary) 小覷／小觑 (xiǎoqù) (archaic) 渺視／渺视 (miǎoshì) 漠視／漠视 (mòshì) 看扁 (kànbiǎn) (colloquial) 看輕／看轻 (kànqīng)

睇小 (Cantonese) 瞧不起 (qiáobuqǐ) 蔑視／蔑视 (mièshì) 藐視／藐视 (miǎoshì) 譬相 (Min Nan) 輕易／轻易 (qīngyì) (literary) 輕蔑／轻蔑 (qīngmiè) 輕視／轻视 (qīngshì) 輕賤／轻贱 (qīngjiàn) 鄙夷 (bǐyí) (literary) 鄙薄 (bǐbó) 鄙視／鄙视 (bǐshì)

Antonyms

• 看得起 (kàndeqǐ)