輕賤

See also: 轻贱, 軽賤, and 軽賎

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	inexpensive; lowly
trad. (輕賤)		輕	賤
simp. (轻贱)		轻	贱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ zin⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): kĭng-*ciêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-chien⁴
    • Yale: chīng-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingjiann
    • Palladius: цинцзянь (cinczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 氫鍵／氢键 輕健／轻健 輕賤／轻贱

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ zin⁶
    • Yale: hīng jihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ dzin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ jin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːn²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kĭng-*ciêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ t͡siɛŋ²⁴²/

Note: to look down on.

Adjective

輕賤

1. mean and worthless; humble; lowly

Verb

輕賤

1. to look down on

Synonyms

• 下視／下视 (xiàshì) (literary)
• 不屑 (bùxiè)
• 不齒／不齿 (bùchǐ) (formal)
• 侮蔑 (wǔmiè)
• 傲睨 (àonì) (archaic)
• 卑視／卑视 (bēishì) (archaic)
• 厭薄／厌薄 (yànbó) (literary)
• 嗤鄙 (chībǐ) (archaic)
• 嫌鄙 (xiánbǐ) (literary)
• 小看 (xiǎokàn)
• 小瞧 (xiǎoqiáo) (colloquial)
• 小視／小视 (xiǎoshì) (literary)
• 小覷／小觑 (xiǎoqù) (literary)
• 恝視／恝视 (jiáshì) (literary)
• 打落 (Hakka)
• 渺視／渺视 (miǎoshì)
• 漠視／漠视 (mòshì)
• 無視／无视 (wúshì)
• 看不來／看不来 (kan⁴ bu lai²) (Xiang)
• 看不起 (kànbuqǐ)
• 看扁 (kànbiǎn) (colloquial)
• 看毋起 (Hakka)
• 看衰 (Hakka)
• 看輕／看轻 (kànqīng)
• 睇唔起 (tai² m⁴ hei²) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 睇小 (tai² siu²) (Cantonese)
• 睇衰 (tai² seoi¹) (Cantonese)
• 睇輕／睇轻 (Teochew)
• 瞧不來／瞧不来 (ziau² bu lai²) (Xiang)
• 瞧不起 (qiáobuqǐ)
• 蔑視／蔑视 (mièshì)
• 藐視／藐视 (miǎoshì)
• 譬相 (Hokkien)
• 輕易／轻易 (qīngyì) (literary)
• 輕視／轻视 (qīngshì)
• 輕蔑／轻蔑 (qīngmiè)
• 鄙夷 (bǐyí) (literary)
• 鄙視／鄙视 (bǐshì)
• 鄙薄 (bǐbó)
• 鄙賤／鄙贱 (bǐjiàn) (literary)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
輕	賤
けい Hyōgaiji	せん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 輕賤 – see the following entry.

【軽賤けいせん】 [adjective] valueless, worthless [noun] valuelessness, worthlessness [verb] to despise; to look down on Alternative spelling 軽賎

(This term, 輕賤, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (軽賎) of the above term.)