蔑視

See also: 蔑视

Chinese

		belittle; nothing	to look at; to regard; to inspect
trad. (蔑視)		蔑	視
simp. (蔑视)		蔑	视

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mièshì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ si⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bia̍t-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mièshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mièshìh
  - Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: myè-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehshyh
  - Palladius: меши (meši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mit⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: miht sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍t-sī
  - Tâi-lô: bia̍t-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biadsi
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /biɛt̚⁴⁻³² si²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ si²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛt̚²⁴⁻² si⁴¹/

Verb

蔑視

to despise; to scorn; to look down upon

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 (toin² kêng¹) (Teochew)
瞧不來 / 瞧不来 (ziau² bu lai²) (Xiang)
瞧不起 (qiáobuqǐ)
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)

Antonyms

珍視／珍视 (zhēnshì)

See also

恨 (hèn)
痛恨 (tònghèn)
煩惡／烦恶 (fánwù)
厭恨／厌恨 (yànhèn)
厭惡／厌恶 (yànwù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蔑	視
べつ > べっ Grade: S	し Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
蔑視 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) べっし [bèsshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) べっし [béꜜsshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [be̞ɕːi]

Noun

蔑(べっ)視(し) • (besshi)

contempt, scorn
- 1939, 太宰治, 愛と美について:
  ひとを、どんなひとをも、蔑視(べっし)したがる傾向(けいこう)が在(あ)る。
  Hito o, donna hito o mo, besshi shitagaru keikō ga aru.
  He tends to despise other people, no matter who.

Verb

蔑(べっ)視(し)する • (besshi suru) suru (stem 蔑(べっ)視(し)し (besshi shi), past 蔑(べっ)視(し)した (besshi shita))

despise
Synonyms: 侮る, 蔑む

Conjugation

Conjugation of "蔑視する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	蔑視し	べっしし	besshi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	蔑視し	べっしし	besshi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	蔑視する	べっしする	besshi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	蔑視する	べっしする	besshi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	蔑視すれ	べっしすれ	besshi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	蔑視せよ¹ 蔑視しろ²	べっしせよ¹ べっししろ²	besshi seyo¹ besshi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	蔑視される	べっしされる	besshi sareru
Causative	蔑視させる蔑視さす	べっしさせるべっしさす	besshi saseru besshi sasu
Potential	蔑視できる	べっしできる	besshi dekiru
Volitional	蔑視しよう	べっししよう	besshi shiyō
Negative	蔑視しない	べっししない	besshi shinai
Negative continuative	蔑視せず	べっしせず	besshi sezu
Formal	蔑視します	べっしします	besshi shimasu
Perfective	蔑視した	べっしした	besshi shita
Conjunctive	蔑視して	べっしして	besshi shite
Hypothetical conditional	蔑視すれば	べっしすれば	besshi sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“蔑視”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
蔑	視

Noun

蔑視 • (myeolsi) (hangeul 멸시)

hanja form^? of 멸시 (“contempt; scorn; disdain; despise”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
蔑	視

Verb

蔑視

chữ Hán form of miệt thị (“to despise; to hold in contempt”)