# 瞧不起 (qiáobùqǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 瞧不起 (qiáobùqǐ) means “to look down on; to despise”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to look down on; to despise
- Pinyin: qiáobùqǐ (qiao2 bu4 qi3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 不要瞧不起别人的努力。
  Búyào qiáobuqǐ biérén de nǔlì.
  Don't look down on other people's efforts.

## Characters

- [瞧](https://hanziro.com/word/qiao-look-at/) (qiáo): to look at; to see
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [起](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-get-up/) (qǐ): to get up; to rise

https://hanziro.com/word/qiao-bu-qi-look-down-on/

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