卑劣 meaning in English

bēiliè

base; mean

14 strokes

Meaning of 卑劣

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bēiliè
  1. base
  2. mean
  3. despicable

卑劣 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

国guó王wáng的de卑bēi劣liè行xíng为wéi致zhì使shǐ人rén们men相xiāng信xìn他tā只zhǐ是shì个gè该gāi被bèi推tuī翻fān的de暴bào君jūn。
The depravity of the king's deeds led the people to believe he was nothing more than a tyrant that needed to be overthrown.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

卑 bēi · humble · 8 strokes

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劣 liè · low-quality · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 卑劣.

卑鄙bēibǐbase; mean
恶劣èlièvile; nasty
自卑zìbēito have low self-esteem; to abase oneself
劣势lièshìinferior; disadvantaged
拙劣zhuōlièclumsy; botched
劣质lièzhìshoddy; of poor quality
卑微bēiwēilowly; humble
低劣dīlièinferior quality; substandard
谦卑qiānbēihumble
卑躬屈膝bēigōngqūxīto bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
卑贱bēijiànlowly; mean and low

Questions about 卑劣

What does 卑劣 mean?

卑劣 (bēiliè) means "base; mean".

How do you write 卑劣?

卑劣 is made of 2 characters: 卑 (8 strokes), 劣 (6 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.