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贱

jiàn

Character Traditional 賤

What 贱 means

1. inexpensive
2. lowly
3. despicable
4. bound formhumblemy

Example sentences

• 来人，给我掌这贱女人嘴巴！
  Guards! Slap that vile woman's face!
• 富贵不能迷乱他的思想，贫贱不能改变他的操守，威武不能压服他的意志，这就是大丈夫的本分。
  Wealth could not muddle his thoughts, poverty could not change his integrity, force could not oppress his will, this is what it means to be a man.

Words starting with 贱

• 贱卖jiàn màito sell cheaply; sacrifice; low price
• 贱民jiàn mínsocial stratum below the level of ordinary people; untouchable; dalit (India caste)
• 贱人jiàn rénslut; cheap person
• 贱内jiàn nèimy wife (humble)
• 贱格jiàn gédespicable
• 贱称jiàn chēngcontemptuous term
• 贱货jiàn huòbitch; slut
• 贱骨头jiàn gǔ toumiserable wretch; contemptible individual

Words containing 贱

• 贵贱guì jiànnoble and lowly; high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son…
• 下贱xià jiànhumble; lowly; depraved
• 卑贱bēi jiànlowly; mean and low
• 贫贱pín jiànpoor and lowly
• 低贱dī jiànlowly; humble; cheap; inexpensive
• 嘴贱zuǐ jiànprone to saying sth inappropriate or offensive
• 微贱wēi jiànhumble; lowly
• 手贱shǒu jiàn(colloquial) prone to touch things one should keep one's hands off of
• 淫贱yín jiànmorally loose, lewd and low, lascivious and mean; wanton
• 大贱卖dà jiàn màito sell at a big discount
• 威尊命贱wēi zūn mìng jiàn(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's…
• 自轻自贱zì qīng zì jiànto belittle oneself; self-contempt
• 亲疏贵贱qīn shū guì jiànclose and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone; all possible relations
• 贵古贱今guì gǔ jiàn jīnto revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
• 贵远贱近guì yuǎn jiàn jìnto revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
• 贫贱不能移pín jiàn bù néng yínot shaken by poverty; to preserve one's ambitions although destitute
• 鄙贱bǐ jiànlowly; despicable; to despise
• 泼贱pō jiànbase; worthless
• 泼贱人pō jiàn rénslut; tramp (old)

Characters built on 戋

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

• 线xiànthread; string; wire
• 钱qiáncoin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 践jiànto fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
• 浅qiǎnshallow; light (color)
• 笺jiānletter; note-paper
• 饯jiànfarewell dinner; preserves

Characters that look like 贱

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

• 线xiànthread; string; wire
• 残cánto destroy; to spoil; to ruin
• 账zhàngaccount; bill; debt
• 涨zhǎngto rise (of prices, rivers)
• 栈zhàna wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework; a warehouse
• 饯jiànfarewell dinner; preserves

Sounds the same

Read jiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 见to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 件item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
• 健healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen
• 建to establish; to found; to set up
• 键key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond
• 渐gradual; gradually
• 践to fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
• 荐to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass
• 剑double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
• 鉴bronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror
• 舰warship
• 箭arrow