鄙 (bǐ): rustic, low, base
鄙 (bǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “rustic.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 啚 (phonetic) and 阝 (semantic). It ranks #2424 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 鄙 village. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).
Definitions
- rustic
- low
- base
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卑鄙adjective | bēi bǐ | base |
| 鄙视verb | bǐ shì | to despise |
| 鄙人noun | bǐ rén | your humble servant |
| 粗鄙adjective | cū bǐ | vulgar |
| 可鄙adjective | kě bǐ | base |
| 鄙夷verb | bǐ yí | to despise |
| 鄙弃verb | bǐ qì | to disdain |
| 鄙陋adjective | bǐ lòu | superficial |
| 鄙见noun | bǐ jiàn | (my) humble opinion |
| 边鄙noun | biān bǐ | remote |
| 鄙称noun | bǐ chēng | derogatory term |
| 鄙视链noun | bǐ shì liàn | a ranking of items in a particular category, with the most highly regarded on top (neologism c. 2012, coined by analo... |
| 卑鄙无耻phrase | bēi bǐ wú chǐ | (idiom) shameless |
| 鄙俗adjective | bǐ sú | vulgar |
| 鄙薄verb | bǐ bó | to despise |
鄙 appears in 24 compound words: 67 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 8 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 鄙 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
鄙字虽然难写,但意思很有趣。
bǐ zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
Though my name is difficult to write, its meaning is quite interesting.
鄙人才疏学浅,实在找不到一个合适的形容词来形容我参加完以上几场面试的感受。
bǐ rén cái shū xué qiǎn , shí zài zhǎo bù dào yī gè gě shì de xíng róng cí lái xíng róng wǒ cān jiā wán yǐ shàng jī chǎng miàn shì de gǎn shòu .
I am neither talented nor well-educated, so I truly cannot find a suitable adjective to describe how I felt after participating in the interviews mentioned above.
国产游戏机因为远离核心玩家,常处在鄙视链的末端。
guó chǎn yóu xì jī yīn wéi yuǎn lí hé xīn wán jiā , cháng chǔ zài bǐ shì liàn de mò duān .
Because domestic game consoles are far removed from core gamers, they often find themselves at the bottom of the "hierarchy of contempt."
和小说一样,他的镜头里,华丽、宏伟、高尚永远遥不可及,卑鄙、肮脏、疲倦总是持续不断。
hé xiǎo shuō yī yàng , tā de jìng tóu lǐ , huá lí , hóng wěi , gāo shàng yǒng yuǎn yáo bù kě jí , bēi bǐ , 肮 zāng , pí juàn zǒng shì chí xù bù duàn .
Just like in a novel, in his films, splendor, grandeur, and nobility are always out of reach, while baseness, filth, and weariness are ever-present.
祈锦鈅离婚突PO大肚片!痛批前夫卑鄙自私 当单亲妈妈心声全说了
qí jǐn 鈅 lí hūn tū P O dà dù piàn ! tòng pī qián fū bēi bǐ zì sī dāng dān qīn mā mā xīn shēng quán shuō le
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我为你的卑鄙行径刚到羞耻。
Wǒ wèi nǐ de bēibǐ xíngjìng gāng dào xiūchǐ.
I am ashamed of your despicable deed.
他鄙视那个小伙子。
Tā bǐshì nàge xiǎohuǒzi.
She scorned the boy.
连他的仆人都鄙视他
Lián tā de púrén dōu bǐshì tā
Even his servants despised him.
他否认鄙视了她。
Tā fǒurèn bǐshì le tā.
He denied he despised her.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 阝 (village) component
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