劣质

劣質

lièzhì

adjective HSK 7 #14,651

Meanings

1 low-quality; inferior; shoddy

Characters

quality; substance

Literally 'inferior quality' — the opposite of 优质 (yōuzhì, 'high quality').

Examples

这家店卖的都是劣质产品。

Zhè jiā diàn mài de dōu shì lièzhì chǎnpǐn.

This store sells nothing but shoddy products.

劣质食品对健康有害。

Lièzhì shípǐn duì jiànkāng yǒuhài.

Low-quality food is harmful to health.

Tips

usage

劣质 is a strong negative judgment — it implies something is not just cheap but dangerously or offensively bad. 劣质奶粉 (lièzhì nǎifěn, 'shoddy baby formula') refers to the infamous 2008 melamine scandal that poisoned hundreds of thousands of infants in China.

Stroke Order

劣 liè

质 zhì