Chinese symbol for “contemptible”
卑鄙
bēi bǐ
base; mean; contemptible; despicable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for contemptible is 卑鄙 (bēi bǐ), defined as: base; mean; contemptible; despicable.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “contemptible”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狗日 | gǒu rì | lit. fucked or spawned by a dog; contemptible |
| 下贱 (下賤) | xià jiàn | humble; lowly |
| 下作 | xià zuo | contemptible; disgusting |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 卑鄙.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自卑 | zì bēi | to have low self-esteem; to abase oneself |
| 卑劣 | bēi liè | base; mean |
| 谦卑 (謙卑) | qiān bēi | humble |
| 卑微 | bēi wēi | lowly; humble |
| 卑贱 (卑賤) | bēi jiàn | lowly; mean and low |
| 鄙视 (鄙視) | bǐ shì | to despise; to disdain |
| 卑鄙无耻 (卑鄙無恥) | bēi bǐ wú chǐ | (idiom) shameless; despicable; devoid of integrity |
| 粗鄙 | cū bǐ | vulgar; coarse |
See also: Japanese symbol for “contemptible”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.