贱
賤jiàn
#2,584 most
frequent character
cheap
adjective
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
贱 pairs 贝 shell money with 戋 jiān as the sound part. It first meant cheap in price, the opposite of expensive. From there it grew to inexpensive and then to low-down or humble.
贱 as a component in other characters
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Example Sentences
这种衣服太贱了。
zhèzhǒng yīfú tài jiàn le 。
This kind of clothing is too cheap.
他买的东西很贱。
tā mǎi de dōngxī hěn jiàn 。
The things he bought are very cheap.
便宜的东西不一定好。
piányí de dōngxī bùyídìng hǎo 。
Cheap things are not necessarily good.
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