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下賤

简 下贱 · 繁 下賤
Mandarin · pinyin xià jiàn

Meanings

  1. humble
  2. lowly
  3. depraved
  4. contemptible
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下
xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
賤
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贱
jiàn · mean, low; cheap, worthless
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4–4 · xia4 jian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

haa6 zin6

Cantonese word readings for 下賤. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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haa6 zin6

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adj

  1. humble; lowly
  2. base; contemptible

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