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貧賤

貧賤

See also: 贫贱

Chinese

poor inexpensive; lowly
trad. (貧賤)
simp. (贫贱)

Adjective

貧賤

  1. poor and lowly

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひん
Grade: 5
せん
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 貧賤 (bin dzjenH, literally poor + cheap, low, mean). Compare modern Mandarin 貧賤贫贱 (pínjiàn, “poor and lowly”).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

  • 貧賎

Adjective

貧賤 (-na inflection, hiragana ひんせん, romaji hinsen)

  1. poor, lowly, inferior

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

貧賤 (hiragana ひんせん, romaji hinsen)

  1. poverty and inferiority

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9