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HSK
7-9

devalue

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

bian3 biǎn

Meaning


Primary

devalue

Alternatives

devalues, devaluing, devalued

Mnemonic


[bi-] Bigfoot is in the [3] basement of the [-an] pawn shop where he is organizing some priceless 貝 shellfish that they have stored down there. Suddenly 之 Zorro comes down a 丿 slide that is near the 貝 shellfish, knocking right into them, and afterwards cutting a Z onto some of them. Bigfoot is angry because this has 貶 devalued each of the 貝 shellfish, which were in mint condition. Bigfoot takes a 貶 devalued 貝 shellfish and throws it at Zorro in anger.