卑鄙 bēibǐ▶ despreciable

Stroke order

卑鄙 is written in 21 strokes across 2 characters.

• 卑 — 8 strokes
• 鄙 — 13 strokes

Senses

1. base
2. mean
3. contemptible
4. despicable

Related words

• 自卑inferioridad
• 鄙视despreciar

卑鄙 is pronounced bēibǐ and means “despreciable”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 卑鄙 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.