卑 bēi

1. bēi adjective low; low lying
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '卑' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '卑' 1, p. 11; Unihan '卑'; XHZD '卑', p. 28)
2. bēi adjective base; vulgar; inferior; humble
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '卑' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '卑' 2, p. 12; Unihan '卑'; XHZD '卑', p. 28)
3. bēi verb to wane; to decline
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 没落 (Guoyu '卑' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '卑' 3, p. 12)
4. bēi adjective simple; crude
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 简陋 (Guoyu '卑' adj 3)
5. bēi adjective modest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 谦恭 (Guoyu '卑' adj 5)
6. bēi verb to despise; to disdain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '卑' v 2; Kroll 2015 '卑' 2a, p. 12; Unihan '卑')

Contained in

• 谦卑(謙卑) humble
• 自卑情绪(自卑情緒) inferiority complex
• 阳尊阴卑(陽尊陰卑) yang is noble, yin is base
• 卑卑不足道 to be too petty or insignificant to mention; to not be worth mentioning
• 自卑心理 sense of inferiority; inferiority complex
• 不卑不亢 neither servile nor overbearing; neither obsequious nor supercilious
• 尊卑 the noble and the lowly
• 卑辞厚币(卑辭厚幣) humble expression for generous donation
• 卑微 lowly ; petty and low ; weak
• 卑贱(卑賤) lowly; humble
• 卑不足道 not worth mentioning
• 卑鄙龌龊(卑鄙齷齪) sordid and contemptible; vile and repulsive (especially character or action)
• 卑躬屈膝 to humbly bow and kneel
• 卑下 base; low
• 卑南族 puyuma
• 卑辞厚礼(卑辭厚禮) humble expression for generous gift
• 自卑 feeling inferior
• 卑污 despicable and filthy; foul
• 卑躬屈节(卑躬屈節) to bow and scrape; to act servilely
• 卑劣 base; mean; despicable
• 卑陋 humble; petty; crude
• 卑之，无甚高论(卑之，無甚高論) my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
• 不亢不卑 neither haughty nor humble; neither overbearing nor servile; neither supercilious nor obsequious
• 卑之，毋甚高论(卑之，毋甚高論) my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
• 卑怯 mean and cowardly; abject
• 卑陋龌龊(卑陋齷齪) sordid and contemptible; vile and repulsive (especially character or action)
• 谦卑逊顺(謙卑遜順) humble and obedient
• 卑鄙 base; mean; contemptible; despicable ; low social status
• 男尊女卑 to regard men as superior to women

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鲜卑族 、 卑尔根 、 卑诗 、 摩诃卑耶和题 、 阿尔卑斯 、 鲜卑 、 卑南 、 卑南乡 、 卑诗省

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Truncated for common words

• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 24
• 卷三十 魏書三十 烏丸鮮卑東夷傳 Volume 30: Book of Wei 30 - Biographies of the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Dongyi Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 23
• 卷二百六十九 列傳第一百五十七 艾萬年 李卑 湯九州 陳于王 侯良柱 張令 猛如虎 虎大威 孫應元 姜名武 尤世威 侯世祿 劉國能 Volume 269 Biographies 157: Ai Wannian, Li Bei, Tang Jiuzhou, Chen Yuwang, Hou Liangzhu, Zhang Ling, Meng Ruhu, Hu Dawei, Sun Yingyuan, Jiang Mingwu, You Shiwei, Hou Shilu, Liu Guoneng History of Ming 明史 — count: 20
• 卷四百九十六 列傳第二百五十五 蠻夷四 西南諸夷 黎州諸蠻 敍州三路蠻 威茂渝州蠻 黔涪施高徼外諸蠻 瀘州蠻 Volume 496 Biographies 255: Man People 4 - All Peoples from the Southwest, All Man Peoples from Lizhou, Man Peoples from Xuzhou and Sanlu, Man Peoples from Weimao and Yuzhou, Man Peoples from Qianfu Shigao and Outer Areas, Man People from Luzhou History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
• 莊公 Lord Zhang Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 12
• 卷102 西域 Volume 102: Western Regions Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 11
• 卷二十五 志第一 天文一 Volume 25 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 10
• 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
• 卷二十九　燕一 Chapter 29: Yan I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 8
• Scroll 9 Xin Shu 新書 — count: 8

Collocations

• 卑尊 (卑尊) 長幼卑尊皆薛居州也 — Mencius 孟子, 滕文公下 Teng Wen Gong II — count: 5
• 君卑 (君卑) 君卑政暴 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
• 及卑 (及卑) 書尊及卑 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 5
• 卑耳 (卑耳) 踰太行與卑耳之貉 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang — count: 4
• 卑让 (卑讓) 忠信卑讓之道也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 卑公 (卑公) 卑公之敵 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
• 卑师 (卑師) 將卑師眾稱師 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 卑称 (卑稱) 卑者取卑稱焉 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
• 高卑 (高卑) 揣高卑 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 居卑 (居卑) 辭尊稱而居卑稱 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 3