品位
pǐn wèi
Pinyin

Definition

品位
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pǐn wèi
  1. rank
  2. grade
  3. quality
  4. (aesthetic) taste

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人品
rén pǐn
  1. 1 moral standing
  2. 2 moral quality
  3. 3 character
  4. 4 personality
  5. 5 appearance
  6. 6 looks (colloquial)
  7. 7 bearing
位
wèi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 location
  3. 3 place
  4. 4 seat
  5. 5 classifier for people (honorific)
  6. 6 classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. 7 (physics) potential
位置
wèi zhi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 place
  3. 3 seat
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
作品
zuò pǐn
  1. 1 work (of art)
  2. 2 opus
  3. 3 classifier: 部 bù
  4. 4 classifier: 篇 piān
各位
gè wèi
  1. 1 everybody
  2. 2 all (guests, colleagues etc)
  3. 3 all of you

Idioms (8)

人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
  1. 1 to be the right person for the job (idiom)
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
各就各位
gè jiù gè wèi
  1. 1 (of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom)
  2. 2 (athletics) On your mark!
品学兼优
pǐn xué jiān yōu
  1. 1 excelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior (at school)
  2. 2 a paragon of virtue and learning
品头论足
pǐn tóu lùn zú
  1. 1 lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance
  2. 2 fig. to find fault in minor details
  3. 3 nitpicking
  4. 4 overcritical

Sample Sentences

他品位太差了。还好你跟他分手了。
tā pǐnwèi tài chà le 。háihǎo nǐ gēn tā fēnshǒu le 。
He's not such a good guy. Fortunately, you broke up with him.
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这个人很有品位。
zhè gè rén hěn yǒu pǐnwèi 。
This guy has taste.
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品位
pǐnwèi
taste (in a refined or classy way)
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绅士的品位一般都很好。
shēnshì de pǐnwèi yībān dōu hěn hǎo 。
A gentleman's taste is usually quite good.
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他们穿的衣服啊，用的东西啊，包括他们说话的内容啊，方式啊，都很有品位。
tāmen chuān de yīfu a ，yòng de dōngxi a ，bāokuò tāmen shuōhuà de nèiróng a ，fāngshì a ，dōu hěn yǒu pǐnwèi 。
The clothes they wear, the things they use, including the things they say and how they say them all have taste.
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所以相反地，暴发户就很没有品位。
suǒyǐ xiāngfǎn de ，bàofāhù jiù hěn méiyǒu pǐnwèi 。
So on the other hand, the nouveau riche don't have any taste.
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贵族有品位。
guìzú yǒu pǐnwèi 。
The nobility have taste.
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可以做一个很有品位的农民吗？
kěyǐ zuò yī gè hěn yǒu pǐnwèi de nóngmín ma ？
Can you have a peasant with taste?
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你怎么买这么俗的家具，太没品位了。
nǐ zěnme mǎi zhème sú de jiājù ，tài méi pǐnwèi le 。
How can you buy such plain furniture? It's completely tasteless!
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《泰坦尼克号》更傻。要是那个男主角没死，你以为他们会真的在一起。那个什么杰克，能养活得了露丝吗？他的品位能满足得了大小姐露丝的要求吗？
Tàitǎnníkè hào 》gèng shǎ 。yàoshì nàge nánzhǔjué méi sǐ ，nǐ yǐwéi tāmen huì zhēnde zàiyīqǐ 。nàge shénme Jiékè ，néng yǎnghuódé liǎo Lùsī ma ？tā de pǐnwèi néng mǎnzú de liǎo dàxiǎojiě Lùsī de yāoqiú ma ？
"Titanic" is even more stupid. If the male lead didn't die, do you think that they'd really be together? Would Jack be able to support Rose? Would he be able to satisfy the needs of a woman of her stature?
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