輕蔑

See also: 轻蔑 and 軽蔑

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	belittle; nothing
trad. (輕蔑)		輕	蔑
simp. (轻蔑)		轻	蔑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngmiè

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄇㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ mit⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kheng-bia̍t / khin-bia̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngmiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄇㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cingmiè
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-mieh⁴
  - Yale: chīng-myè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingmieh
  - Palladius: цинме (cinme)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing¹ mit⁶
  - Yale: hīng miht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ mit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ mid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ miːt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-bia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: khing-bia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qengbiat
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ³³ biɛt̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-bia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: khin-bia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qinbiat
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚¹²¹/

Verb

輕蔑

to look down upon; to scorn; to disdain

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 (toin² kêng¹) (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)
輕賤 / 轻贱 (qīngjiàn)
鄙夷 (bǐyí) (literary)
鄙視 / 鄙视 (bǐshì)
鄙薄 (bǐbó)
鄙賤 / 鄙贱 (bǐjiàn) (literary)

Antonyms

敬愛／敬爱 (jìng'ài)
敬服 (jìngfú)
敬重 (jìngzhòng)

Adjective

輕蔑

pejorative

Japanese

Kanji in this term
輕	蔑
けい Hyōgai	べつ Grade: S
on'yomi

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

【軽蔑けいべつ】

[noun] contempt, disdain, despisal

[verb] to contemn; to disdain; to despise

(This term, 輕蔑, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
輕	蔑

Noun

輕蔑 • (gyeongmyeol) (hangeul 경멸)

hanja form^? of 경멸 (“contempt; scorn”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
輕	蔑

Verb

輕蔑

chữ Hán form of khinh miệt (“to despise; to disdain”)