貶斥

Chinese

		to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate; disparage; censure; depreciate	blame; reprove; reprimand
trad. (貶斥)		貶	斥
simp. (贬斥)		贬	斥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎnchì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄔˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin² cik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pián-thiak / pián-thek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎnchì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄔˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎnchìh
    • Wade–Giles: pien³-chʻih⁴
    • Yale: byǎn-chr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beanchyh
    • Palladius: бяньчи (bjanʹči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin² cik¹
    • Yale: bín chīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin² tsik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin² qig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³⁵ t͡sʰɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pián-thiak
    • Tâi-lô: pián-thiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piefntiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pián-thek
    • Tâi-lô: pián-thik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piefnteg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɪk̚³²/

Verb

貶斥

1. (literary) to demote (to a lower rank)
2. (literary) to denounce; to reprimand; to slam; to rebuke

Synonyms

• (to demote):

• 左遷／左迁 (zuǒqiān) (literary)
• 落格 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 貶官／贬官 (biǎnguān) (an official)
• 貶職／贬职 (biǎnzhí) (literary)
• 降級／降级 (jiàngjí)
• 降職／降职 (jiàngzhí)
• 黜職／黜职 (Hokkien)

 

• (to denounce):

• 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
• 叱罵／叱骂 (chìmà)
• 叱責／叱责 (chìzé)
• 吆喝 (colloquial)
• 呲 (cī)
• 呲兒／呲儿 (cīr)
• 呵叱 (hēchì)
• 呲打 (cīda) (Northeastern Mandarin)
• 呵斥 (hēchì)
• 呵責／呵责 (hēzé) (literary)
• 喝叱
• 嗔怪 (chēnguài) (literary)
• 嗔著／嗔着 (chēnzhe) (colloquial)
• 怒 (nù) (Classical Chinese)
• 怪 (guài)
• 怨怪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 怪罪 (guàizuì)
• 批評／批评 (pīpíng)
• 指摘 (zhǐzhāi)
• 指斥 (zhǐchì)
• 指責／指责 (zhǐzé)
• 指點／指点 (zhǐdiǎn)
• 捋 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 摘 (literary, or in compounds)
• 撻伐／挞伐 (tàfá) (literary, figurative)
• 數落／数落 (shǔluo) (informal)
• 數說／数说 (shǔshuō)
• 斥斥 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 斥罵／斥骂 (chìmà)
• 斥責／斥责 (chìzé)
• 歸咎／归咎 (guījiù)
• 歸罪／归罪 (guīzuì)
• 派
• 激勵／激励 (jīlì) (literary)
• 熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
• 申斥 (shēnchì)
• 痛罵／痛骂 (tòngmà)
• 聲討／声讨 (shēngtǎo)
• 訓／训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 訓斥／训斥 (xùnchì)
• 詬病／诟病 (gòubìng) (literary)
• 說／说
• 說話／说话 (shuōhuà)
• 謗議／谤议 (bàngyì) (literary)
• 譴責／谴责 (qiǎnzé)
• 責備／责备 (zébèi)
• 責怪／责怪 (zéguài)
• 責罵／责骂 (zémà)
• 責難／责难 (zénàn)
• 貶責／贬责 (biǎnzé)
• 賴／赖 (lài)
• 非議／非议 (fēiyì)
• 非難／非难 (fēinàn)
• 體斥／体斥 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)