鄙薄

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)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǐbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biibor
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐbó
    • IPA ^(key): /pi˨˩˦꜕꜖꜖ pwɔ˧˥/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei² bok⁶
    • Yale: péi bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei² bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi² bog⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯˧˥ pɔːk˨/

Verb

鄙薄

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

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 鄙薄

不屑 (bùxiè) 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) 無視／无视 (wúshì) 看不起 (kànbuqǐ)

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) 鄙視／鄙视 (bǐshì)

Antonyms

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

Adjective

鄙薄

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

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Japanese

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

Noun

鄙薄 (hiragana ひはく, rōmaji 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

鄙薄する (suru conjugation, hiragana ひはくする, rōmaji hihaku suru)

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.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	鄙薄し	ひはくし	hihaku shi
Continuative (連用形)	鄙薄し	ひはくし	hihaku shi
Terminal (終止形)	鄙薄する	ひはくする	hihaku suru
Attributive (連体形)	鄙薄する	ひはくする	hihaku suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	鄙薄すれ	ひはくすれ	hihaku sure
Imperative (命令形)	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