Chinese word

歧视

Pronunciation

Pinyinqí shì

Meaning

  • verbdiscriminate

Example

面试时不应该歧视女性候选人。miàn shì shí bù yīng gāi qí shì nǚ xìng hòu xuǎn rén

During interviews, female candidates should not be discriminated against.

Illustration for 歧视 (discriminate)

More examples

在校园里，老师不应歧视学习困难的学生。zài xiào yuán lǐ lǎo shī bù yīng qí shì xué xí kùn nán de xué shēng

At school, teachers should not discriminate against students with learning difficulties.

Core concept

A slanted view that sorts people by identity and treats some of them unfairly because of that identity.

Common phrases

  • 受到歧视shòu dào qí shì

    be discriminated against

  • 歧视宗教人士qí shì zōng jiào rén shì

    discriminate against religious people

  • 歧视老年人qí shì lǎo nián rén

    discriminate against older people

Similar words

排斥pái chì: Refuse to accept a person or group as part of a group or society.
差别对待chā bié duì dài: Treat one person differently by using a different standard from the one used for others.
轻视qīng shì: Consider a person's worth or ability to be low and treat them lightly.
看不起kàn bù qǐ: Look down on someone and treat that person without proper respect.

Definition in Chinese

因某人或某群体的性别、种族、年龄、宗教等属性而抱有偏见或给予不公平待遇的行为。yīn mǒu rén huò mǒu qún tǐ de xìng bié zhǒng zú nián líng zōng jiào děng shǔ xìng ér bào yǒu piān jiàn huò jí yǔ bù gōng píng dài yù de xíng wéi

Word origin

歧 (qí, "branch or divide") + 视 (shì, "see") presents the word as seeing people through a dividing, biased judgment.

Usage tips

  • Unlike the formal English sense of discriminate meaning distinguish carefully, 歧视 (qíshì, "discriminate") normally carries the idea of unfair bias against people or groups.

Other meanings

  • discriminationnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 反歧视法fǎn qí shì fǎanti-discrimination lawnoun
  • 歧视者qí shì zhědiscriminatornoun

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