批評

See also: 批评

Chinese

		to ascertain; (measure word for batches, lots); to act on to ascertain; (measure word for batches, lots); to act on; to criticize; to pass on	to discuss; to comment; to criticize to discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal)
trad. (批評)		批	評
simp. (批评)		批	评

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pīpíng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄆㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pai¹ ping⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phî-phìn

(Hailu, HRS): pi^ˋ pin
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phoe-phêng / phe-phêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): poi¹ pêng⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹phi-bin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pīpíng → pīping (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄆㄧㄥˊ → ㄆㄧ ˙ㄆㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pipi̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-pʻing⁵
  - Yale: pī-ping
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi.pyng
  - Palladius: пипин (pipin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/ → /pʰi⁵⁵ pʰiŋ²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pai¹ ping⁴
  - Yale: pāi pìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pai¹ ping⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pei¹ ping⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐi̯⁵⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phî-phìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: pi^ˊ pin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pi¹ pin²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi²⁴ pʰin¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: pi^ˋ pin
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵³ pʰin⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoe-phêng
  - Tâi-lô: phue-phîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoepheeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰue⁴⁴⁻²² pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰue³³ pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phe-phêng
  - Tâi-lô: phe-phîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phepheeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰe⁴⁴⁻²² pʰiɪŋ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: poi¹ pêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phoi phêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoi³³⁻²³ pʰeŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹phi-bin
  - MiniDict: phi^平 bin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹phi-bin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰi⁵⁵ bin²¹/

Verb

批評

(literature) to review; to evaluate; to critique
文學批評／文学批评 ― wénxuépīpíng ― literary criticism
- 俺小店乃坊間首領，只得聘請幾家名手，另選新篇。今日正在裏邊刪改批評、待俺早些貼起封面來。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  俺小店乃坊间首领，只得聘请几家名手，另选新篇。今日正在里边删改批评、待俺早些贴起封面来。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1699, Kong Shangren (孔尚任),《桃花扇》
  Ǎn xiǎodiàn nǎi fāngjiān shǒulǐng, zhǐdé pìnqǐng jǐ jiā míngshǒu, lìng xuǎn xīn piān. Jīnrì zhèngzài lǐbiān shāngǎi pīpíng, dài ǎn zǎo xiē tiē qǐ fēngmiàn lái. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
to criticize; to reproach
歡迎批評指正／欢迎批评指正 ― huānyíng pīpíng zhǐzhèng ― your comments are appreciated

提出批評／提出批评 ― tíchū pīpíng ― to make a criticism

接受批評／接受批评 ― jiēshòu pīpíng ― to take criticism
- 看过这封信的人，都认为不仅批评的内容是不正确的，批评的口气也是很错误的。 [MSC, simp.]
  看過這封信的人，都認為不僅批評的內容是不正確的，批評的口氣也是很錯誤的。 [MSC, trad.]
  From: 1972 March 27, 热情欢迎来自下级的批评, in 《人民日报》 [People's Daily], →ISSN
  Kàn guò zhè fēng xìn de rén, dōu rènwèi bùjǐn pīpíng de nèiróng shì bù zhèngquè de, pīpíng de kǒuqì yěshì hěn cuòwù de. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

(to criticize): 批判 (pīpàn), (literary, or in compounds) 議／议 (yì), (Hokkien, Teochew) 敲嘓／敲啯
(to blame):

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僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
叱呵 (chìhē)
叱罵 / 叱骂 (chìmà)
叱責 / 叱责 (chìzé)
吆喝 (colloquial)
呲 (cī)
呲兒 / 呲儿 (cīr)
呵叱 (hēchì)
呼喝 (hūhè) (literary)
呲打 (cīda) (Northeastern Mandarin)
呵斥 (hēchì)
呵責 / 呵责 (hēzé) (literary)
喝叱
嗔怪 (chēnguài) (literary)
嗔著 / 嗔着 (chēnzhe) (colloquial)
怪 (guài)
怒 (nù) (Classical Chinese)
怨怪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
怪罪 (guàizuì)
指摘 (zhǐzhāi)
指斥 (zhǐchì)
指責 / 指责 (zhǐzé)
指點 / 指点 (zhǐdiǎn)
捋 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
掛數 / 挂数 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
摘 (literary, or in compounds)
撻伐 / 挞伐 (tàfá) (literary, figurative)
數落 / 数落 (shǔluo) (informal)
數說 / 数说 (shǔshuō)
斥斥 (Xiamen Hokkien)
斥罵 / 斥骂 (chìmà)
斥責 / 斥责 (chìzé)
歸咎 / 归咎 (guījiù)
歸罪 / 归罪 (guīzuì)
派
激勵 / 激励 (jīlì) (literary)
熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
申斥 (shēnchì)
痛罵 / 痛骂 (tòngmà)
聲討 / 声讨 (shēngtǎo)
訓 / 训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds)
訓斥 / 训斥 (xùnchì)
詬病 / 诟病 (gòubìng) (literary)
說 / 说
說話 / 说话 (shuōhuà)
謗議 / 谤议 (bàngyì) (literary)
譴責 / 谴责 (qiǎnzé)
責備 / 责备 (zébèi)
責怪 / 责怪 (zéguài)
責罵 / 责骂 (zémà)
責難 / 责难 (zénàn)
貶斥 / 贬斥 (biǎnchì) (literary)
貶責 / 贬责 (biǎnzé)
賴 / 赖 (lài)
非議 / 非议 (fēiyì)
非難 / 非难 (fēinàn)
鞭笞 (biānchī) (literary, figurative)
體斥 / 体斥 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to criticize”): 表揚／表扬 (biǎoyáng)

Derived terms

批評家 / 批评家 (pīpíngjiā)
自我批評 / 自我批评 (zìwǒ pīpíng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
批	評
ひ Grade: 6	ひょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひひょー [hìhyóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [çiço̞ː]

Noun

批(ひ)評(ひょう) • (hihyō)

criticism (evaluation of craftsmanship, art, etc.); critique

Synonyms

評論(ひょうろん) (hyōron)

Verb

批(ひ)評(ひょう)する • (hihyō suru) suru (stem 批(ひ)評(ひょう)し (hihyō shi), past 批(ひ)評(ひょう)した (hihyō shita))

review, evaluate, criticize

Conjugation

Conjugation of "批評する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	批評し	ひひょうし	hihyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	批評し	ひひょうし	hihyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	批評する	ひひょうする	hihyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	批評する	ひひょうする	hihyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	批評すれ	ひひょうすれ	hihyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	批評せよ¹ 批評しろ²	ひひょうせよ¹ ひひょうしろ²	hihyō seyo¹ hihyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	批評される	ひひょうされる	hihyō sareru
Causative	批評させる批評さす	ひひょうさせるひひょうさす	hihyō saseru hihyō sasu
Potential	批評できる	ひひょうできる	hihyō dekiru
Volitional	批評しよう	ひひょうしよう	hihyō shiyō
Negative	批評しない	ひひょうしない	hihyō shinai
Negative continuative	批評せず	ひひょうせず	hihyō sezu
Formal	批評します	ひひょうします	hihyō shimasu
Perfective	批評した	ひひょうした	hihyō shita
Conjunctive	批評して	ひひょうして	hihyō shite
Hypothetical conditional	批評すれば	ひひょうすれば	hihyō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
批	評

Noun

批評 • (bipyeong) (hangeul 비평)

hanja form^? of 비평 (“criticism”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
批	評

Verb

批評

chữ Hán form of phê bình (“to criticize”)