卑
low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,808 U+5351
How 卑 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A hand 又(altered) holding an empty shell 甲 (altered)
How to remember it
lowly · Heisig RSH #1496
a drop of + brains + needle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 卑 as their sound component
These characters all use 卑 (bēi) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卑 sound component | bēi | humble, low, inferior; to despise |
| 牌 | pái | card, game piece; placard, signboard, tablet |
| 碑 | bēi | stone tablet; gravestone |
| 鹎 | bēi | bulbul, songbird; Pycnonotidae |
| 啤 | pí | beer |
| 脾 | pí | spleen, pancreas; temper, disposition |
| 俾 | bǐ | so that, in order that; to cause |
| 稗 | bài | darnels, weeds; small, insignificant |
| 郫 | pí | place name |
| 蜱 | pí | tick, mite |
| 捭 | bǎi | to open up, to spread out |
| 睥 | pì | to glare at; to look askance |
| 埤 | pí | to add, to increase; to attach; fence, wall |
| 萆 | bì | castor oil; the castor-oil plant |
| 陴 | pí | parapet; city wall |
Words containing 卑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自卑心理 | zì bēi xīn lǐ | sense of inferiority; inferiority complex |
| 阿尔卑斯 | ā ěr bēi sī | alps (mountain range) |
| 卑不足道 | bēi bù zú dào | not worth mentioning |
| 卑之，无甚高论 | bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn | my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familia… |
| 卑南族 | Bēi nán zú | puyuma, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan |
| 卑尔根 | Bēi ěr gēn | Bergen |
| 卑卑不足道 | bēi bēi bù zú dào | to be too petty or insignificant to mention; to not be worth mentioning (idiom) |
| 自卑 | zì bēi | to have low self-esteem; to abase oneself |
| 卑以自牧 | bēi yǐ zì mù | (idiom) to conduct oneself humbly; modest |
| 卑下 | bēi xià | base; low |
| 男尊女卑 | nán zūn nǚ bēi | to regard men as superior to women (idiom) |
| 自卑情绪 | zì bēi qíng xù | inferiority complex |
| 卑亲属 | bēi qīn shǔ | (law) junior relatives; relatives of a younger generation such as children, grandchildren … |
| 鲜卑族 | Xiān bēi zú | Xianbei or Xianbi, historic ethnic group of northern nomads |
| 卑之，毋甚高论 | bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn | my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familia… |
| 卑辞厚礼 | bēi cí hòu lǐ | humble expression for generous gift |
| 卑微 | bēi wēi | lowly; humble |
| 不亢不卑 | bù kàng bù bēi | neither haughty nor humble; neither overbearing nor servile; neither supercilious nor obse… |
| 不卑不亢 | bù bēi bù kàng | neither servile nor overbearing (idiom); neither obsequious nor supercilious |
| 卑辞厚币 | bēi cí hòu bì | humble expression for generous donation |