鄙劣

Chinese

		rustic; low; base rustic; low; base; mean	inferior
trad. (鄙劣)		鄙	劣
simp. #(鄙劣)		鄙	劣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐliè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei² lyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐliè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐliè
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-lieh⁴
    • Yale: bǐ-lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biilieh
    • Palladius: биле (bile)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei² lyut³
    • Yale: péi lyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei² lyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi² lüd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵ lyːt̚³/

Adjective

鄙劣

1. (literary, of knowledge, experience, etc.) meager; mean; shallow
2. (literary) poor; inferior; substandard; low-grade
3. (literary) mean; base; despicable; nasty

Synonyms

• (meager):

• 泛泛 (fànfàn)
• 浮泛 (fúfàn)
• 浮淺／浮浅 (fúqiǎn)
• 浮蕩／浮荡 (fúdàng)
• 淺薄／浅薄 (qiǎnbó)
• 淺陋／浅陋 (qiǎnlòu)
• 皮相 (píxiàng) (literary)
• 膚淺／肤浅 (fūqiǎn)
• 虛浮／虚浮 (xūfú)
• 譾陋／谫陋 (jiǎnlòu) (literary)
• 飄浮／飘浮 (piāofú)

 

• (poor):

• 不善 (bùshàn)
• 不好
• 不妙 (bùmiào)
• 不怎麼樣／不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
• 不濟／不济 (bùjì)
• 不腆 (bùtiǎn) (Classical Chinese, self-deprecatory)
• 了丁 (Min Nan)
• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低劣 (dīliè)
• 低路 (Min Nan)
• 劣 (literary, or in compounds)
• 垃圾 (lājī) (colloquial)
• 屎 (Cantonese)
• 差 (chà)
• 差勁／差劲 (chàjìn) (colloquial)
• 差氣／差气 (Hokkien)
• 拙劣 (zhuōliè)
• 推扳 (¹the-pe) (Shanghainese)
• 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 欠佳 (qiànjiā)
• 水皮 (seoi² pei⁴) (Cantonese)
• 潮 (cháo) (colloquial, of quality or technique)
• 無良／无良 (wúliáng) (formal)
• 破 (pò) (colloquial)
• 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 蹩腳／蹩脚 (biéjiǎo)

 

• (mean):

• 卑劣 (bēiliè)
• 卑鄙 (bēibǐ)
• 醜陋／丑陋 (chǒulòu)
• 骯髒／肮脏
• 齷齪／龌龊 (wòchuò)

 

Pronoun

鄙劣

1. (literary, humble) I; me