Chinese symbol for “despise”
鄙视
bǐ shì
Traditional: 鄙視
to despise; to disdain; to look down upon
The closest CC-CEDICT match for despise is 鄙视 (bǐ shì), defined as: to despise; to disdain; to look down upon.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “despise”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 藐视 (藐視) | miǎo shì | to despise; to look down on |
| 不齿 (不齒) | bù chǐ | to despise; to hold in contempt |
| 小觑 (小覷) | xiǎo qù | to despise; to have contempt for |
| 鄙夷 | bǐ yí | to despise; to look down on; to feel contempt for |
| 藐 | miǎo | to despise; small |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鄙视.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卑鄙 | bēi bǐ | base; mean |
| 卑鄙无耻 (卑鄙無恥) | bēi bǐ wú chǐ | (idiom) shameless; despicable; devoid of integrity |
| 粗鄙 | cū bǐ | vulgar; coarse |
| 鄙人 | bǐ rén | your humble servant; I |
| 鄙夷 | bǐ yí | to despise; to look down on; to feel contempt for |
| 视频 (視頻) | shì pín | video |
| 电视 (電視) | diàn shì | television; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù) |
| 电视台 (電視台) | diàn shì tái | television station |
See also: Japanese symbol for “despise”.
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.