khinh khi
- Verb:
- To look down upon, to despise, to scorn: "khinh khi" expresses the action of regarding someone or something as unworthy, inferior, or contemptible, often accompanied by a feeling of superiority and disrespect.
- To treat with contempt: It implies a dismissive or disdainful attitude and behavior.
- Verb:
- Anh ta không nên khinh khi những người có hoàn cảnh khó khăn. (He should not look down upon people in difficult circumstances.)
- Thái độ khinh khi của cô ấy khiến mọi người rất khó chịu. (Her contemptuous attitude makes everyone very uncomfortable.)
- Đừng bao giờ khinh khi bất kỳ ai. (Never despise anyone.)
"khinh khi người khác": to scorn others.
- Không có lý do gì để khinh khi người khác. (There is no reason to scorn others.)
"bị khinh khi": to be despised, to be looked down upon.
- Không ai muốn bị khinh khi. (No one wants to be looked down upon.)
Khinh (verb): to despise, to belittle (a more general and common term for looking down on someone/something).
- khinh địch (to underestimate the enemy), khinh rẻ (to scorn, to disdain).
Khi (as a bound morpheme in this compound): This element intensifies the meaning of contempt in the compound "khinh khi". It is not used independently with this meaning.
Khinh dể (verb): a synonym meaning to scorn, to treat with contempt (This is the variant noted in the reference context).
- Thái độ khinh dể (a scornful attitude).
Khinh miệt (verb): to despise, to hold in contempt (similar meaning, with a strong connotation of disdain).
- lời nói khinh miệt (disdainful words).
- Coi thường: to look down on, to disregard.
- Miệt thị: to disparage, to vilify (often stronger and more insulting).
- Khinh bỉ: to despise, to hold in contempt (very strong synonym).
"Khinh người như rác": To scorn people as if they were trash (to treat people with utter contempt).
- Kẻ có quyền thế đó thường khinh người như rác. (That powerful person often scorns people as if they were trash.)
"Mặt khinh khi": A contemptuous/disdainful face (describing a facial expression).
- Cô ấy nhìn tôi với mặt khinh khi. (She looked at me with a contemptuous face.)
- như khinh dể