不屑

Chinese

		not; no	crumbs; filings; worth while
trad. (不屑)		不	屑
simp. #(不屑)		不	屑

Pronunciation

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edit edit 不屑 不懈 不謝／不谢

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùxiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùxiè [Phonetic: búxiè]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsiè
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: bù-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushieh
    • Palladius: бусе (buse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sit³
    • Yale: bāt sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ siːt̚³/

Verb

不屑

1. to disdain to do something; to think something as not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity
2. to scorn; to look down upon; to slight; to belittle

Synonyms

• (to disdain to do something): 不屑於／不屑于 (bùxièyú)
• (to scorn):

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• 下視／下视 (xiàshì) (literary)
• 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)
• 看不起 (kànbuqǐ)
• 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 (toin² kêng¹) (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)

 

Adjective

不屑

1. disdainful; scornful

Derived terms

• 不屑一顧／不屑一顾 (bùxièyīgù)