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Meaning of 卑

Pinyin bēi

Radical

十

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Definition

low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble

Usage

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卑 [bēi] 形 (Adjective) 1. 低下，低劣：low and degrading; humble - 例如：卑鄙(bēi bǐ) - lowly and despicable. - 卑下(bēi xià) - lowly. - 卑劣(bēi liè) - despicable. - 卑微(bēi wēi) - humble. - 卑怯(bēi qiè) - cowardly. - 卑恭(bēi gōng) - modest and respectful. - 地势卑湿(dì shì bēi shī) - low and marshy terrain. - 卑以自牧(bēi yǐ zì mù) - to maintain humility in order to improve one’s cultivation. 2. 古同“俾”，使：an ancient usage meaning “to cause” or “to make”. 引 (Reference) 1. 《广雅》: 卑，庳也. 2. 《书·无逸》: 文王卑服. 3. 《管子·水地》: 人皆赴高，己独赴下卑也. 4. 《易·系辞》: 天尊地卑. 5. 唐· 韩愈《师说》: 位卑则足羞. 6. 诸葛亮《出师表》: 先帝不以臣卑鄙. 例 (Example) 如: 卑弁(bēi biàn) - a junior military position referring to oneself. 卑寒(bēi hán) - a humble expression indicating a lowly status and poverty. 卑陋(bēi lòu) - lowly and shabby. 卑辱(bēi rǔ) - lowly and humiliating. 卑人(bēi rén) - a person of low status. 3. 地势低下。与“高”相对：low; in contrast to high. 引 (Reference) 1. 《诗·小雅·正月》: 谓山盖卑. 2. 《礼记·乐记》: 卑高已陈. 3. 《史记·屈原贾生列传》: 闻长沙卑湿. 例 (Example) 如: 卑小(bēi xiǎo) - short and small. 卑隘(bēi ài) - low and narrow. 卑洼(bēi wā) - low-lying area. 4. 衰微，衰弱：feeble; weak. 引 (Reference) 1. 《国语·周语》: 王室其将卑乎? 5. 素质低下：inferior. 引 (Reference) 1. 宋濂《送东阳马生序》: 非天质之卑，则必不若余之专耳. 6. 谦恭：modest and courteous. 引 (Reference) 1. 《史记·魏世家》: 卑礼厚币以招贤者. 例 (Example) 如: 卑谨(bēi jǐn) - humble and respectful. 卑顺(bēi shùn) - modest and obedient. 动 (Verb) 1. 轻视，小看：look down on. 引 (Reference) 1. 《国语·晋语四》: 何以卑我? 2. 汉· 晁错《论贵粟疏》: 吏之所卑，法之所尊也. 例 (Example) 如: 卑侮王室(bēi wǔ wáng shì) - to look down on and insult members of the royal family. 2. 低俯：bow. 例 (Example) 如: 卑身贱体(bēi shēn jiàn tǐ) - to bow and submit. 卑躬(bēi gōng) - to lower one's body; to bend down.

卑职 bēi zhí

your humble servant

卑鄙 bēi bǐ

base / mean / contemptible / despicable

阿尔卑斯山 ā ěr bēi sī shān

Alps

自卑 zì bēi

feeling inferior / self-abased

尊卑 zūn bēi

superior and subordinate / social ranking

卑下 bēi xià

base / low

卑微 bēi wēi

petty and low

阿尔卑斯 Ā ěr bēi sī

Alps (mountain range)

卑贱 bēi jiàn

lowly / mean and low

阿尔卑斯山脉 ā ěr bēi sī shān mài

the alps

卑鄙无耻 bēi bǐ wú chǐ

mean and having no sense of shame

自卑感 zì bēi gǎn

inferiority feeling

谦卑 qiān bēi

humble

男尊女卑 nán zūn nǚ bēi

to regard men as superior to women (idiom)

卑尔根 Bēi ěr gēn

Bergen

阿尔卑斯山区 ā ěr bēi sī shān qū

Alps

卑躬屈膝 bēi gōng qū xī

to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor

卑劣 bēi liè

base / mean / despicable

卑怯 bēi qiè

mean and cowardly / abject

鲜卑 Xiān bēi

Xianbei or Xianbi, group of northern nomadic peoples

不亢不卑 bù kàng bù bēi

neither haughty nor humble / neither overbearing nor servile / neither supercilious nor obsequious

不卑不亢 bù bēi bù kàng

neither servile nor overbearing (idiom) / neither obsequious nor supercilious

卑谬 bēi miù

Pyay

卑鄙龌龊 bēi bǐ wò chuò

sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)