贬
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to diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate; to disparage; to censure; to depreciate
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 貝 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 貶
- Common rank
- #2,393
- Unicode
- U+8D2C
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Formation & memory
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Words with 贬
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女性贬抑 | misogyny | |
| 货币贬值 | currency devaluation; to devaluate a currency | |
| 男性贬抑 | misandry | |
| 贬义 | derogatory sense; negative connotation | |
| 贬词 | derogatory term; expression of censure | |
| 贬官 | to demote an official; a demoted official | |
| 一字褒贬 | (lit.) to dispense praise or blame with a single word (idiom); (fig.) concise and powerful… | |
| 看贬 | to expect (a currency etc) to depreciate | |
| 贬居 | (period of) banishment or exile (old) | |
| 贬低 | to belittle; to disparage; to play down; to demean; to degrade; to devalue | |
| 贬职 | to demote | |
| 贬多于褒 | to get more criticism than praise | |
| 贬称 | derogatory term; to refer to disparagingly (as) | |
| 贬值 | to become devaluated; to devaluate; to depreciate | |
| 贬降 | to demote | |
| 贬损 | to mock; to disparage; to belittle | |
| 贬斥 | to demote; to denounce | |
| 贬抑 | to belittle; to disparage; to demean | |
| 褒贬 | to appraise; to pass judgment on; to speak ill of; praise and censure; appraisal | |
| 贬谪 | to banish from the court; to relegate |