看不起 kàn bu qǐ — to look down upon
kàn (fourth tone, falling) bu (neutral tone) qǐ (third tone, dipping)kan4 bu5 qi3
to look down upon
HSK 5· HSK 1–6 (classic)Level 4· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
to look down upon
to look down upon; to despise
verb
Character breakdown
Words containing 看
- 看kàn (fourth tone, falling)to look at, to watch, to read
- 看到kàn (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)to see
- 看来看來kàn (fourth tone, falling) lai (neutral tone)apparently
- 看见看見kànjiàn (fourth tone, falling)to see, to catch sight of
- 好看hǎo (third tone, dipping) kàn (fourth tone, falling)good-looking
- 看法kàn (fourth tone, falling) fǎ (third tone, dipping)way of looking at a thing
- 看上去kàn (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone) qu (neutral tone)it would appear
- 看起来看起來kàn (fourth tone, falling) qǐ (third tone, dipping) lai (neutral tone)seemingly
- 看出kàn (fourth tone, falling) chū (first tone, high and level)to make out
- 观看觀看guān (first tone, high and level) kàn (fourth tone, falling)to watch; to view
- 查看chá (second tone, rising) kàn (fourth tone, falling)to look over
- 看好kàn (fourth tone, falling) hǎo (third tone, dipping)to regard as having good prospects
- 看待kàn (fourth tone, falling) dài (fourth tone, falling)to look upon
- 看病kàn (fourth tone, falling) bìng (fourth tone, falling)to visit a doctor
- 看作kàn (fourth tone, falling) zuò (fourth tone, falling)to look upon as
- 看成kàn (fourth tone, falling) chéng (second tone, rising)to regard as
- 收看shōu (first tone, high and level) kàn (fourth tone, falling)to watch (a TV program)
- 看望kàn (fourth tone, falling) wàng (fourth tone, falling)to visit
Words containing 不
- 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
- 不要bù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling)don't!
- 不错不錯bù (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)correct
- 不同bù (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)different
- 不断不斷búduàn (second tone, rising)continuously, unceasingly
- 不过不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
- 不如bùrú (fourth tone, falling)to be not as good as; had better
- 不再bù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling)no more
- 不用bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling)need not
- 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
- 不但búdàn (second tone, rising)not only … (but also)
- 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
- 不然bùrán (fourth tone, falling)otherwise, or else
- 不管bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)no matter (what/how…), regardless of
- 不足bùzú (fourth tone, falling)insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming
- 不够不夠bù (fourth tone, falling) gòu (fourth tone, falling)not enough
- 不行bù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)won't do
- 不仅不僅bù (fourth tone, falling) jǐn (third tone, dipping)not only (this one)
Words containing 起
- 起qǐ (third tone, dipping)to rise
- 起来起來qǐlái (third tone, dipping)to get up, to stand up, to rise
- 一起yìqǐ (fourth tone, falling)together
- 引起yǐnqǐ (third tone, dipping)to give rise to, to cause, to trigger
- 想起xiǎng (third tone, dipping) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to recall
- 对不起對不起duìbuqǐ (fourth tone, falling)sorry; excuse me
- 起床qǐchuáng (third tone, dipping)to get up, to get out of bed
- 看起来看起來kàn (fourth tone, falling) qǐ (third tone, dipping) lai (neutral tone)seemingly
- 起诉起訴qǐ (third tone, dipping) sù (fourth tone, falling)to sue
- 起飞起飛qǐfēi (third tone, dipping)to take off (of an aircraft)
- 提起tí (second tone, rising) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to mention
- 起码起碼qǐ (third tone, dipping) mǎ (third tone, dipping)at the minimum
- 发起發起fā (first tone, high and level) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to originate
- 了不起liǎo (third tone, dipping) bu (neutral tone) qǐ (third tone, dipping)amazing
- 响起響起xiǎng (third tone, dipping) qǐ (third tone, dipping)(of a sound) to come forth
- 起点起點qǐ (third tone, dipping) diǎn (third tone, dipping)starting point
- 掀起xiān (first tone, high and level) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to lift
- 起步qǐ (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling)to set out