犯賤

Chinese

		to violate; to offend	inexpensive; lowly
trad. (犯賤)		犯	賤
simp. (犯贱)		犯	贱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fànjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁶ zin⁶
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶ve ⁶zhi; ⁶ve-zhi / ⁶vaen ⁶jien

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fànjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fànjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: fan⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: fàn-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannjiann
    • Palladius: фаньцзянь (fanʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁶ zin⁶
    • Yale: faahn jihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁶ dzin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁶ jin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²² t͡siːn²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ve ⁶zhi; ⁶ve-zhi
    • MiniDict: ve^去 zhi^去; ve^去 zhi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve ³xxi; ³ve-xxi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve³³  ʑi²³/, /ve²² ʑi⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶vaen ⁶jien
    • MiniDict: vaen^去 jien^去
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /vẽ̞¹²  d͡ʑiẽ̞¹¹³/

Verb

犯賤

1. (low colloquial, often as a term of abuse) to insist on doing something demeaning despite knowing so; to have no respect for oneself
2. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) to deliberately act in a way that irritates, annoys others and especially when someone takes pleasure doing this
3. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) to be mean towards someone

Synonyms

• 作賤／作贱 (zuòjiàn)