蔑視

See also: 蔑视

Chinese

		belittle; nothing	to look at; to regard; to inspect
trad. (蔑視)		蔑	視
simp. (蔑视)		蔑	视

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mièshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bia̍t-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mièshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mièshìh
    • Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: myè-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehshyh
    • Palladius: меши (meši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mit⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: miht sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍t-sī
    • Tâi-lô: bia̍t-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biadsi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɛt̚⁴⁻³² si²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ si²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛt̚²⁴⁻² si⁴¹/

Verb

蔑視

1. to despise; to scorn; to look down upon

Synonyms

• 下視／下视 (xiàshì) (literary)
• 不屑 (bùxiè)
• 不齒／不齿 (bùchǐ) (formal)
• 侮蔑 (wǔmiè)
• 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)
• 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)

 

Antonyms

• 珍視／珍视 (zhēnshì)

See also

• 恨 (hèn)
• 痛恨 (tònghèn)
• 煩惡／烦恶 (fánwù)
• 厭恨／厌恨 (yànhèn)
• 厭惡／厌恶 (yànwù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蔑	視
べつ > べっ Grade: S	し Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
蔑視 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) べっし [bèsshí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) べ​っし [béꜜsshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [be̞ɕːi]

Noun

蔑(べっ)視(し) • (besshi) 

1. contempt, scorn
   • 1939, 太宰治, 愛と美について:

     ひとを、どんなひとをも、蔑視(べっし)したがる傾向(けいこう)が在(あ)る。

     Hito o, donna hito o mo, besshi shitagaru keikō ga aru.

     He tends to despise other people, no matter who.

Verb

蔑(べっ)視(し)する • (besshi suru) suru (stem 蔑(べっ)視(し)し (besshi shi), past 蔑(べっ)視(し)した (besshi shita))

1. despise

   Synonyms: 侮る, 蔑む

Conjugation

Conjugation of "蔑視する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	蔑視し	べっしし	besshi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	蔑視し	べっしし	besshi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	蔑視する	べっしする	besshi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	蔑視する	べっしする	besshi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	蔑視すれ	べっしすれ	besshi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	蔑視せよ¹ 蔑視しろ²	べっしせよ¹ べっししろ²	besshi seyo¹ besshi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	蔑視される	べっしされる	besshi sareru
Causative	蔑視させる 蔑視さす	べっしさせる べっしさす	besshi saseru besshi sasu
Potential	蔑視できる	べっしできる	besshi dekiru
Volitional	蔑視しよう	べっししよう	besshi shiyō
Negative	蔑視しない	べっししない	besshi shinai
Negative continuative	蔑視せず	べっしせず	besshi sezu
Formal	蔑視します	べっしします	besshi shimasu
Perfective	蔑視した	べっしした	besshi shita
Conjunctive	蔑視して	べっしして	besshi shite
Hypothetical conditional	蔑視すれば	べっしすれば	besshi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
蔑	視

Noun

蔑視 • (myeolsi) (hangeul 멸시)

1. Hanja form^? of 멸시 (“contempt; scorn; disdain; despise”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
蔑	視

Verb

蔑視

1. chữ Hán form of miệt thị (“to despise; to hold in contempt”).