瞧不起

Chinese

		look at	cannot afford to ...; do not wish to ...
trad. (瞧不起)		瞧	不起
simp. #(瞧不起)		瞧	不起

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáobuqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu⁴ bat¹ hei²
• Jin (Wiktionary): qiau¹ beh^4-3 qi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáobuqǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáobůcǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao²-pu⁵-chʻi³
    • Yale: chyáu-bu-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyaubuchii
    • Palladius: цяобуци (cjaobuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ b̥u³ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu⁴ bat¹ hei²
    • Yale: chìuh bāt héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴ bat⁷ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu⁴ bed¹ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hei̯³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qiau¹ beh^4-3 qi²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /t͡ɕʰiau¹¹ pəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵³/

Verb

瞧不起

1. to look down on someone

Synonyms

• 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 (Teochew)
• 瞧不來／瞧不来 (ziau² bu lai²) (Xiang)
• 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)