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贬

biǎn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 貶

What 贬 means

1. to diminish
2. to demote
3. to reduce or devaluate
4. to disparage
5. to censure
6. to depreciate

Example sentences

• 影片得到的评价褒贬不一。
  Yǐngpiàn dédào de píngjià bāobiǎn bùyī.
  The film received mixed reviews.
• 随着通货膨胀的发展美元贬值了。
  Suízhe tōnghuòpéngzhàng de fāzhǎn Měiyuán biǎnzhí le.
  The value of the dollar declines as the rate of inflation rises.

Words starting with 贬

• 贬低biǎn dīto belittle; to disparage; to play down
• 贬义biǎn yìderogatory sense; negative connotation
• 贬值biǎn zhíto become devaluated; to devaluate; to depreciate
• 贬官biǎn guānto demote an official; a demoted official
• 贬居biǎn jū(period of) banishment or exile (old)
• 贬抑biǎn yìto belittle; to disparage; to demean
• 贬损biǎn sǔnto mock; to disparage; to belittle
• 贬斥biǎn chìto demote; to denounce
• 贬称biǎn chēngderogatory term; to refer to disparagingly (as)
• 贬职biǎn zhíto demote
• 贬词biǎn cíderogatory term; expression of censure
• 贬降biǎn jiàngto demote
• 贬多于褒biǎn duō yú bāoto get more criticism than praise
• 贬谪biǎn zhéto banish from the court; to relegate

Words containing 贬

• 褒贬bāo biǎnto appraise; to pass judgment on; to speak ill of
• 看贬kàn biǎnto expect (a currency etc) to depreciate
• 女性贬抑nǚ xìng biǎn yìmisogyny
• 男性贬抑nán xìng biǎn yìmisandry
• 货币贬值huò bì biǎn zhícurrency devaluation; to devaluate a currency
• 一字褒贬yī zì bāo biǎn(lit.) to dispense praise or blame with a single word (idiom)…

Characters built on 乏

These share the phonetic component 乏 (fá), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 砭biānancient stone acupuncture needle; to criticize; to pierce
• 窆biǎnto put a coffin in the grave

Characters that look like 贬

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

• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 旺wàngprosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming
• 栏lánfence; railing; hurdle
• 眨zhǎto blink; to wink
• 盹dǔndoze; nap
• 瓯ōu(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel

Sounds the same

Read biǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 扁flat; (colloquial) to beat (sb) up; old variant of 匾
• 匾horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall…
• 褊narrow; urgent
• 窆to put a coffin in the grave
• 碥dangerous rocks jutting out over rapids
• 稨see 稨豆
• 藊see 藊豆
• 萹see 萹豆