鄙 视

bǐshì

“To despise” in Chinese is 鄙视 (bǐshì).

Meaning

to despise
to disdain
to look down upon

Example

我鄙视你。

I despise you.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

bǐHSK 7-913 strokesrustic shìHSK 18 strokes(literary, or bound form) to look at

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Not to be confused with: 比试 (bǐshi, to have a competition) · 笔试 (bǐshì, written examination)