Chinese symbol for “lowly”
卑微
bēi wēi
lowly; humble
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lowly is 卑微 (bēi wēi), defined as: lowly; humble.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lowly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卑贱 (卑賤) | bēi jiàn | lowly; mean and low |
| 低贱 (低賤) | dī jiàn | lowly; humble; cheap; inexpensive |
| 低下 | dī xià | low status; lowly |
| 贱 (賤) | jiàn | inexpensive; lowly |
| 下贱 (下賤) | xià jiàn | humble; lowly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 卑微.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卑鄙 | bēi bǐ | base; mean |
| 自卑 | zì bēi | to have low self-esteem; to abase oneself |
| 卑劣 | bēi liè | base; mean |
| 谦卑 (謙卑) | qiān bēi | humble |
| 卑贱 (卑賤) | bēi jiàn | lowly; mean and low |
| 微博 | wēi bó | microblogging; microblog |
| 微笑 | wēi xiào | smile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī) |
| 稍微 | shāo wēi | a little bit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lowly”.
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.