粗鄙

cūbǐ

adjective #27,168

Meanings

1 vulgar
2 coarse
3 uncouth
4 crude and base

Characters

coarse; rough; crude

base; low; contemptible; rustic

Examples

HSK 5

他说话粗鄙，令人不舒服。

Tā shuōhuà cūbǐ, lìngrén bù shūfu.

His speech is vulgar and makes people uncomfortable.

HSK 5

这部电影充满了粗鄙的笑话。

Zhè bù diànyǐng chōngmǎn le cūbǐ de xiàohua.

This film is full of crude jokes.

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usage

粗鄙 implies both coarseness (粗) and baseness (鄙). It is stronger than 粗俗, which means merely vulgar or uncultured, and is often used in formal writing or to describe language.

Stroke Order

粗 cū

鄙 bǐ