责备 zébèi▶ reproche

Stroke order

责备 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 责 — 8 strokes
• 备 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. to blame
2. to criticize
3. condemnation
4. reproach

Related words

• 具备Tener, poseer
• 设备equipo
• 储备tienda
• 备份copias de seguridad, respaldos
• 完备completo, madurez
• 戒备Alerta

责备 is pronounced zébèi and means “reproche”. You will meet it in HSK 5, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 责备 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.