贬 (biǎn) means Demote (reduce - depreciate - diminish). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这个词带有明显的 贬 义。
Zhège cí dàiyǒu míngxiǎn de biǎnyì.
This word carries a clearly derogatory sense.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贬义
不要为了抬高自己而 贬 低别人。
Bú yào wèile táigāo zìjǐ ér biǎndī biéren.
Don't belittle others in order to raise yourself up.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贬低
同一个说法在不同场合可能有 贬 义。
Tóng yí ge shuōfǎ zài bùtóng chǎnghé kěnéng yǒu biǎnyì.
The same expression may be derogatory in a different setting.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贬义
他总是 贬 低自己的成绩，其实做得很好。
Tā zǒngshì biǎndī zìjǐ de chéngjì, qíshí zuò de hěn hǎo.
He always plays down his own achievements, though he has done very well.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贬低
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Words that contain 贬
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Questions about 贬
How is 贬 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 贬 (biǎn, "Demote (reduce - depreciate - diminish)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 贬 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 贬 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 贬?
The dictionary page for 贬 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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