侮辱性 (wǔ rǔ xìng) — insulting; derogatory; pejorative

Definition

adjective

insultingderogatorypejorative

侮辱性。
Qǐng bú yào shuō zhè zhǒng wǔ rǔ xìng de huà.
Please don't say such insulting words.
侮辱性，。
Zhè ge xiào hua yǒu diǎn wǔ rǔ xìng, bú tài hé shì.
This joke is a bit insulting, not very appropriate.
侮辱性。
Tā yīn wèi wǔ rǔ xìng de píng lùn ér dào qiàn le.
He apologized for the derogatory comments.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

侮辱insult

侮wǔinsult辱rǔhumiliate

联合Side by side

侮辱 is to insult, and 性 is the quality of being insulting.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

人人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

每

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

侮 pairs 人, a person, with 每 as a sound component; the person part shows the meaning concerns a person.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

辰寸辱

辱 combines 辰, drawn as a hoe, with 寸, drawn as a hand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

忄生性

Meaning part形符xíngfú

忄Written in full as心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

生

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.