Translation of 看不起 to English with examples of 看不起 -Chinese-English dictionary Trainchinese

看不起

kàn bu qǐ

v. look down upon, scorn, despise

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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.

SYNONYMS

轻视 / 輕視 qīng shì
[v] to look down upon, to despise, to belittle

小看 / 小看 xiǎo kàn
[v] look down upon, underestimate

瞧不起 / 瞧不起 qiáo bù qǐ
[v] look down upon, hold in contempt

鄙夷 / 鄙夷 bǐ yí
[v/adj] despise, look down upon; despicable

嗤之以鼻 / 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí
[v] look down upon, treat with contempt

看轻 / 看輕 kàn qīng
[v] underestimate, look down upon

小瞧 / 小瞧 xiǎo qiáo
[v] to belittle, to look down upon

ANTONYMS

看得起 / 看得起 kàn de qǐ
[v] show respect for, think highly of

EXAMPLES

他大小是个官，别看不起他。

他大小是個官，別看不起他。

tā dà xiǎo shì gè guān, bié kàn bu qǐ tā .

phr. He is a government official at any rate, don't look down at him.

别穿得太寒酸了，要不人家看不起。

別穿得太寒酸了，要不人家看不起。

bié chuān de tài hán suān le, yào bù rén jiā kàn bù qǐ .

phr. Don't wear things so shabby, or you will be looked down upon.

你不要看不起这种工作。

你不要看不起這種工作。

nǐ bú yào kàn bu qǐ zhè zhǒng gōng zuò

phr. Don't look down upon this kind of job.

你还看不起别人。

你還看不起別人。

nǐ hái kàn bu qǐ bié rén .

phr. Yet you look down upon others.