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貶

biǎn

decrease, lower; censure, criticize

Strokes
11
Radical
貝
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 贬

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 贬, the simplified form of 貶. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 影片得到的评价褒贬不一。

    Yǐng piàn dé dào de píng jià bāo biǎn bù yī

    The movie received mixed reviews.

  • 随着通货膨胀的发展美元贬值了。

    Suí zhe tōng huò péng zhàng de fā zhǎn Měi yuán biǎn zhí le

    The value of the dollar declines as the rate of inflation rises.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 贬

  • 贬低biǎn dī 3–1 to belittle; to disparage; to play down; to demean; to degrade; to devalue
  • 贬义biǎn yì 3–4 derogatory sense; negative connotation
  • 贬值biǎn zhí 3–2 to become devaluated; to devaluate; to depreciate