Chinese symbol for “disparage”
轻
qīng
Traditional: 輕
light; easy; gentle; soft
The closest CC-CEDICT match for disparage is 轻 (qīng), defined as: light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “disparage”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贬损 (貶損) | biǎn sǔn | to mock; to disparage; to belittle |
| 贬低 (貶低) | biǎn dī | to belittle; to disparage |
| 贬 (貶) | biǎn | to diminish; to demote |
| 贬抑 (貶抑) | biǎn yì | to belittle; to disparage |
| 毁谤 (毀謗) | huǐ bàng | slander; libel; to malign; to disparage |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 轻.
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “disparage”.
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.