Chinese symbol for “depreciate”
贬值
biǎn zhí
Traditional: 貶值
to become devaluated; to devaluate; to depreciate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for depreciate is 贬值 (biǎn zhí), defined as: to become devaluated; to devaluate; to depreciate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “depreciate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贬 (貶) | biǎn | to diminish; to demote |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贬值.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贬低 (貶低) | biǎn dī | to belittle; to disparage |
| 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 |
| 价值 (價值) | jià zhí | value; worth; (ethical, cultural etc) values |
| 值得 | zhí de | worth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth) |
| 产值 (產值) | chǎn zhí | value of output; output value |
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.