侮蔑

Chinese

		insult	belittle; nothing
trad. (侮蔑)		侮	蔑
simp. #(侮蔑)		侮	蔑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔmiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄇㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ mit⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú-bia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔmiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔmiè
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-mieh⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-myè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuumieh
    • Palladius: уме (ume)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ mit⁶
    • Yale: móuh miht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ mit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ mid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ miːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-bia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bú-bia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bw'biat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɛt̚⁴/

Verb

侮蔑

1. to despise; to look down on

Synonyms

• 下視／下视 (xiàshì) (literary)
• 不屑 (bùxiè)
• 不齒／不齿 (bùchǐ) (formal)
• 傲睨 (àonì) (archaic)
• 卑視／卑视 (bēishì) (archaic)
• 厭薄／厌薄 (yànbó) (literary)
• 嗤鄙 (chībǐ) (archaic)
• 嫌鄙 (xiánbǐ) (literary)
• 小看 (xiǎokàn)
• 小瞧 (xiǎoqiáo) (colloquial)
• 小視／小视 (xiǎoshì) (literary)
• 小覷／小觑 (xiǎoqù) (literary)
• 恝視／恝视 (jiáshì) (literary)
• 打落 (Hakka)
• 渺視／渺视 (miǎoshì)
• 漠視／漠视 (mòshì)
• 無視／无视 (wúshì)
• 看不來／看不来 (kan⁴ bu lai²) (Xiang)
• 看不起 (kànbuqǐ)
• 看扁 (kànbiǎn) (colloquial)
• 看毋起 (Hakka)
• 看衰 (Hakka)
• 看輕／看轻 (kànqīng)
• 睇唔起 (tai² m⁴ hei²) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 睇小 (tai² siu²) (Cantonese)
• 睇衰 (tai² seoi¹) (Cantonese)
• 睇輕／睇轻 (Teochew)
• 瞧不來／瞧不来 (ziau² bu lai²) (Xiang)
• 瞧不起 (qiáobuqǐ)
• 蔑視／蔑视 (mièshì)
• 藐視／藐视 (miǎoshì)
• 譬相 (Hokkien)
• 輕易／轻易 (qīngyì) (literary)
• 輕視／轻视 (qīngshì)
• 輕蔑／轻蔑 (qīngmiè)
• 輕賤／轻贱 (qīngjiàn)
• 鄙夷 (bǐyí) (literary)
• 鄙視／鄙视 (bǐshì)
• 鄙薄 (bǐbó)
• 鄙賤／鄙贱 (bǐjiàn) (literary)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
侮	蔑
ぶ Grade: S	べつ Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
侮蔑 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝbe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

侮(ぶ)蔑(べつ) • (bubetsu) 

1. contempt
2. scorn