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卑

bēi

HSK 6 Character

What 卑 means

1. low
2. base
3. vulgar
4. inferior
5. humble

Example sentences

• 她总是很自卑。
  She is always so unconfident.
• 他是个卑鄙小人。
  Tā shì gè bēibǐ xiǎorén.
  He is a despicable person.
• 阿尔卑斯山地跨欧洲八国。
  The Alps extend across eight European countries.
• 我为你的卑鄙行径刚到羞耻。
  Wǒ wèi nǐ de bēibǐ xíngjìng gāng dào xiūchǐ.
  I am ashamed of your despicable deed.
• 游客到瑞士欣赏阿尔卑斯山。
  Visitors to Switzerland admire the Alps.
• 我为你的卑鄙行径感到羞耻。
  I am ashamed of your despicable deed.

Words starting with 卑

• 卑鄙bēi bǐbase; mean; contemptible
• 卑微bēi wēilowly; humble
• 卑劣bēi lièbase; mean; despicable
• 卑贱bēi jiànlowly; mean and low
• 卑下bēi xiàbase; low
• 卑污bēi wūdespicable and filthy; foul
• 卑诗Bēi ShīBritish Columbia, province of Canada (loanword from "BC")
• 卑南族Bēi nán zúpuyuma, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 卑尔根Bēi ěr gēnBergen
• 卑亲属bēi qīn shǔ(law) junior relatives; relatives of a younger generation such as children, grandchildren…
• 卑不足道bēi bù zú dàonot worth mentioning
• 卑以自牧bēi yǐ zì mù(idiom) to conduct oneself humbly; modest
• 卑辞厚币bēi cí hòu bìhumble expression for generous donation
• 卑辞厚礼bēi cí hòu lǐhumble expression for generous gift
• 卑卑不足道bēi bēi bù zú dàoto be too petty or insignificant to mention; to not be worth mentioning (idiom)
• 卑鄙无耻bēi bǐ wú chǐ(idiom) shameless; despicable; devoid of integrity
• 卑陋bēi lòuhumble; petty; crude
• 卑怯bēi qièmean and cowardly; abject
• 卑躬屈节bēi gōng qū jiéto bow and scrape; to act servilely
• 卑躬屈膝bēi gōng qū xīto bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
• 卑鄙龌龊bēi bǐ wò chuòsordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)
• 卑陋龌龊bēi lòu wò chuòsordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)
• 卑之，毋甚高论bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùnmy opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression)…
• 卑之，无甚高论bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùnmy opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression)…

Words containing 卑

• 自卑zì bēito have low self-esteem; to abase oneself
• 谦卑qiān bēihumble
• 阿尔卑斯ā ěr bēi sīalps (mountain range)
• 不卑不亢bù bēi bù kàngneither servile nor overbearing (idiom); neither obsequious nor supercilious
• 尊卑zūn bēisuperior and subordinate; social ranking
• 鲜卑Xiān bēiXianbei or Xianbi, group of northern nomadic peoples
• 鲜卑族Xiān bēi zúXianbei or Xianbi, historic ethnic group of northern nomads
• 男尊女卑nán zūn nǚ bēito regard men as superior to women (idiom)
• 自卑心理zì bēi xīn lǐsense of inferiority; inferiority complex
• 自卑情绪zì bēi qíng xùinferiority complex
• 不亢不卑bù kàng bù bēineither haughty nor humble; neither overbearing nor servile…

Characters that look like 卑

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 单dānbill; list; form
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
• 享xiǎngto enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of
• 卓zhuóoutstanding
• 旱hàndrought
• 阜fùabundant; mound

Sounds the same

Read bēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 杯cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
• 悲sad; sadness; sorrow
• 碑a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele
• 陂pool; pond; bank of a pond
• 背to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)
• 鹎the Pycnonotidae or bulbul family of birds
• 椑Fagus sylvatica
• 㮎variant of 杯