Chinese symbol for “contemptuous”
轻视
qīng shì
Traditional: 輕視
contempt; contemptuous; to despise; to scorn
The closest CC-CEDICT match for contemptuous is 轻视 (qīng shì), defined as: contempt; contemptuous; to despise; to scorn; scornful.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “contemptuous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 藐藐 | miǎo miǎo | contemptuous (of manner); high and distant |
| 眼高 | yǎn gāo | haughty; contemptuous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 轻视.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 年轻 (年輕) | nián qīng | young |
| 年轻人 (年輕人) | nián qīng rén | young people; youngster |
| 轻松 (輕鬆) | qīng sōng | light; gentle |
| 轻易 (輕易) | qīng yì | easy; simple; rashly; offhandedly |
| 减轻 (減輕) | jiǎn qīng | to lighten; to ease |
| 轻轻 (輕輕) | qīng qīng | lightly; softly |
| 视频 (視頻) | shì pín | video |
| 电视 (電視) | diàn shì | television; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “contemptuous”.
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.