貶低

See also: 贬低

Chinese

		to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate; disparage; censure; depreciate	to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath
trad. (貶低)		貶	低
simp. (贬低)		贬	低

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎndī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin² dai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pián-te / pián-kě / pián-kē / pián-kēe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎndī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎndi
    • Wade–Giles: pien³-ti¹
    • Yale: byǎn-dī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beandi
    • Palladius: бяньди (bjanʹdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin² dai¹
    • Yale: bín dāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin² dai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin² dei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³⁵ tɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pián-te
    • Tâi-lô: pián-te
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piefndef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ te³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pián-kě
    • Tâi-lô: pián-kě
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pián-kē
    • Tâi-lô: pián-kē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piefnke
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pián-kēe
    • Tâi-lô: pián-kēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɛ²²/

Verb

貶低

1. to abase; to belittle; to depreciate; to play down

Synonyms

• (literary) 貶抑／贬抑 (biǎnyì)

Antonyms

• 褒揚／褒扬 (bāoyáng)
• 提升 (tíshēng)