贬
to diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate; to disparage; to censure; to depreciate
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Dict coverage rank #2,393 U+8D2C
How 贬 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To devalue 乏 currency 贝
How to remember it
devalue · Heisig RSH #2253
贝 shellfish + 乏 weary
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 贬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女性贬抑 | nǚ xìng biǎn yì | misogyny |
| 货币贬值 | huò bì biǎn zhí | currency devaluation; to devaluate a currency |
| 男性贬抑 | nán xìng biǎn yì | misandry |
| 贬义 | biǎn yì | derogatory sense; negative connotation |
| 贬词 | biǎn cí | derogatory term; expression of censure |
| 贬官 | biǎn guān | to demote an official; a demoted official |
| 一字褒贬 | yī zì bāo biǎn | (lit.) to dispense praise or blame with a single word (idiom); (fig.) concise and powerful… |
| 看贬 | kàn biǎn | to expect (a currency etc) to depreciate |
| 贬居 | biǎn jū | (period of) banishment or exile (old) |
| 贬低 | biǎn dī | to belittle; to disparage; to play down; to demean; to degrade; to devalue |
| 贬职 | biǎn zhí | to demote |
| 贬多于褒 | biǎn duō yú bāo | to get more criticism than praise |
| 贬称 | biǎn chēng | derogatory term; to refer to disparagingly (as) |
| 贬值 | biǎn zhí | to become devaluated; to devaluate; to depreciate |
| 贬降 | biǎn jiàng | to demote |
| 贬损 | biǎn sǔn | to mock; to disparage; to belittle |
| 贬斥 | biǎn chì | to demote; to denounce |
| 贬抑 | biǎn yì | to belittle; to disparage; to demean |
| 褒贬 | bāo biǎn | to appraise; to pass judgment on; to speak ill of; praise and censure; appraisal |
| 贬谪 | biǎn zhé | to banish from the court; to relegate |