Chinese symbol for “demean”
贬低
biǎn dī
Traditional: 貶低
to belittle; to disparage; to play down; to demean
The closest CC-CEDICT match for demean is 贬低 (biǎn dī), defined as: to belittle; to disparage; to play down; to demean; to degrade; to devalue.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “demean”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贬低.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贬值 (貶值) | biǎn zhí | to become devaluated; to devaluate |
| 贬损 (貶損) | biǎn sǔn | to mock; to disparage; to belittle |
| 贬义 (貶義) | biǎn yì | derogatory sense; negative connotation |
| 贬抑 (貶抑) | biǎn yì | to belittle; to disparage |
| 褒贬 (褒貶) | bāo biǎn | to appraise; to pass judgment on |
| 降低 | jiàng dī | to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 低于 (低於) | dī yú | to be lower than |
| 低下 | dī xià | low status; lowly |
See also: Japanese symbol for “demean”.
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.