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责备

zé bèi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 責備

责备 (zé bèi) means "to blame; to criticize; condemnation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 责备 means

1. to blame
2. to criticize
3. condemnation
4. reproach

The characters in 责备

• 责zéduty; responsibility; to reproach
• 备bèi(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely

Example sentences

• 我责备你。
  I blame you.
• 我会责备他。
  I'll scold him.
• 汤姆应当被责备。
  Tom deserves to be blamed.
• 为什幺责备汤姆？
  Why blame Tom?
• 他责备了我的疏忽。
  Tā zébèi le wǒ de shūhu.
  He reprimanded me for my oversight.
• 我责备过他很多次了。
  Wǒ zébèi guo tā hěn duōcì le.
  I've scolded him many times.

Words starting with 责备

• 责备求全zé bèi qiú quánsee 求全责备

Words containing 责备

• 求全责备qiú quán zé bèito demand perfection (idiom)

Where 责备 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Praise, Blame & Social Judgment (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zé bèi correctly.
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