嫌弃

嫌棄

xiánqì

verb HSK 7-9 #21,012

Meanings

1 to dislike and reject
2 to look down on
3 to disdain

Characters

to dislike; to mind

to abandon; to reject

To dislike and cast aside.

Examples

别嫌弃我做的菜不好吃。

Bié xiánqì wǒ zuò de cài bùhǎo chī.

Don't look down on my cooking for not being tasty.

他从来不嫌弃贫穷的朋友。

Tā cóngláibù xiánqì pínqióng de péngyǒu.

He never looks down on his friends who are poor.

你是不是嫌弃我了？

Nǐ shìbùshì xiánqì wǒ le?

Are you rejecting me?

Tips

usage

嫌弃 implies rejecting someone/something because you consider them beneath you or not good enough. It carries emotional weight and can express hurt feelings: 你嫌弃我 (you look down on me/reject me).

Stroke Order

嫌 xián

弃 qì