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不屑

bù xiè

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

不屑 (bù xiè) means "to disdain to do sth; to think sth not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不屑 means

1. to disdain to do sth
2. to think sth not worth doing
3. to feel it beneath one's dignity

The characters in 不屑

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 屑xièbits; fragments; crumbs

Example sentences

• 伊戈尔非常不屑一顾。
  Igor was very dismissive.
• 他对我的提议不屑一顾。
  Tā duì wǒ de tíyì bùxièyīgù.
  He wouldn't look at my proposal.

Words starting with 不屑

• 不屑一顾bù xiè yī gùto disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read bù xiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不懈untiring; unremitting; indefatigable
• 不谢you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù xiè correctly.
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