贬
biǎn HSK7

decrease

贬 (貶) biǎn
demote verb
to lower in rank, position, or status; to relegate

他因为直言进谏而被贬到了偏远地区。

tā yīn​wèi zhí​yán jìn​jiàn ér bèi biǎn dào le piān​yuǎn dì​qū.

He was demoted to a remote area for speaking out bluntly with his advice.

depreciate verb
to reduce or decrease in value, price, or purchasing power

由于通货膨胀，该国货币今年贬了不少。

yóu​yú tōng​huò​péng​zhàng, gāi guó huò​bì jīn​nián biǎn le bù​shǎo.

Due to inflation, the country's currency has depreciated significantly this year.

disparage idiom
to criticize, censure, or speak slightingly of someone or something

人们对这部电影的评价褒贬不一。

rén​men duì zhè bù diàn​yǐng de píng​jià bāo biǎn bù​yī.

Reviews of this movie have been mixed.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,536th most common 18.5 per million
Movie subtitles
2,877th most common 4.18 per million appears in 3% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.780 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
3.06 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
貶
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+8D2C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)