卑下

Chinese

		low; base; vulgar low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (卑下)		卑	下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēixià

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹ haa⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi-hǎ / pi-hā / pi-hēe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēixià
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beisià
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-hsia⁴
    • Yale: bēi-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beishiah
    • Palladius: бэйся (bɛjsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei¹ haa⁵
    • Yale: bēi háh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹ haa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi¹ ha⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵ haː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi-hǎ
    • Tâi-lô: pi-hǎ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³ ha²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi-hā
    • Tâi-lô: pi-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pi'ha
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ ha³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² ha²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi-hēe
    • Tâi-lô: pi-hēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² hɛ²²/

Adjective

卑下

1. (of position or status) humble; lowly
2. (of character) mean and low

Synonyms

• (humble): 卑賤／卑贱 (bēijiàn), 鄙賤／鄙贱 (bǐjiàn), 低賤／低贱 (dījiàn)
• (mean and low): 卑賤／卑贱 (bēijiàn), 鄙賤／鄙贱 (bǐjiàn)

Related terms

• 卑怯 (bēiqiè)
• 怯懦 (qiènuò)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
卑	下
ひ Grade: S	げ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
卑下 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひ​げ [híꜜgè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [çiɡe̞]

Noun

卑(ひ)下(げ) • (hige) 

1. humility

Synonyms

• 謙(けん)遜(そん) (kenson)

Verb

卑(ひ)下(げ)する • (hige suru) transitive suru (stem 卑(ひ)下(げ)し (hige shi), past 卑(ひ)下(げ)した (hige shita))

1. to humble oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of "卑下する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	卑下し	ひげし	hige shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	卑下し	ひげし	hige shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	卑下する	ひげする	hige suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	卑下する	ひげする	hige suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	卑下すれ	ひげすれ	hige sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	卑下せよ¹ 卑下しろ²	ひげせよ¹ ひげしろ²	hige seyo¹ hige shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	卑下される	ひげされる	hige sareru
Causative	卑下させる 卑下さす	ひげさせる ひげさす	hige saseru hige sasu
Potential	卑下できる	ひげできる	hige dekiru
Volitional	卑下しよう	ひげしよう	hige shiyō
Negative	卑下しない	ひげしない	hige shinai
Negative continuative	卑下せず	ひげせず	hige sezu
Formal	卑下します	ひげします	hige shimasu
Perfective	卑下した	ひげした	hige shita
Conjunctive	卑下して	ひげして	hige shite
Hypothetical conditional	卑下すれば	ひげすれば	hige sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• 謙(へりくだ)る (herikudaru)