看不起

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	cannot afford to ...; do not wish to ...
trad. (看不起)		看	不起
simp. #(看不起)		看	不起

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànbuqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ bat¹ hei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànbuqǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànbůcǐ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-pu⁵-chʻi³
    • Yale: kàn-bu-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannbuchii
    • Palladius: каньбуци (kanʹbuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ b̥u¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ bat¹ hei²
    • Yale: hon bāt héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ bat⁷ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ bed¹ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ pɐt̚⁵ hei̯³⁵/

Verb

看不起

1. to abhor; to despise; to look down on

Synonyms

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• 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)

 

Antonyms

• 看得起 (kàndeqǐ)

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