卑鄙

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēibǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟㄅㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹ pei²
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): pi-phí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēibǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟㄅㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: beibǐ
  - Wade–Giles: pei¹-pi³
  - Yale: bēi-bǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beibii
  - Palladius: бэйби (bɛjbi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei¹ pei²
  - Yale: bēi péi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹ pei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi¹ péi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵ pʰei̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi-phí
  - Tâi-lô: pi-phí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piphie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² pʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³ pʰi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² pʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰi⁴¹/

Adjective

卑鄙

without moral principles; mean; ignoble; vile; contemptible; despicable
(literary) petty and low
- 先帝不以臣卑鄙，猥自枉屈，三顧臣於草廬之中，諮臣以當世之事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  先帝不以臣卑鄙，猥自枉屈，三顾臣于草庐之中，谘臣以当世之事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 227, 諸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng) (Zhuge Liang), 《出師表》
  Xiāndì bù yǐ chén bēibǐ, wěi zì wǎngqū, sān gù chén yú cǎolú zhī zhōng, zī chén yǐ dāngshì zhī shì. [Pinyin]
  The Former Emperor did not consider me base and rustic; he humbled himself and thrice visited me at the thatched cottage to consult me about contemporary affairs.

Synonyms

(without moral principles):

卑劣 (bēiliè)
鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)
醜陋／丑陋 (chǒulòu)
骯髒／肮脏
齷齪／龌龊 (wòchuò)

Antonyms

(without moral principles): 崇高 (chónggāo)

Derived terms

卑鄙無恥／卑鄙无耻 (bēibǐwúchǐ)
卑鄙齷齪／卑鄙龌龊 (bēibǐwòchuò)

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