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贬义

biǎn yì

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 貶義

What 贬义 means

1. derogatory sense
2. negative connotation

The characters in 贬义

• 贬biǎnto diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate
• 义yìjustice; righteousness; meaning

Sounds the same

Read biǎn yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贬抑to belittle; to disparage; to demean

Where 贬义 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bì (HSK 6), 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 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read biǎn yì correctly.
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