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卑怯ひきょう

N2
ひきょう hikyou
  1. cowardice
  2. meanness
  3. unfairness
な-adjectivenoun

Chinese meanings

卑鄙;不公平

Examples

  • そんなふうに言うなんて卑怯だ。
    It's mean of you to talk that way.
    那样说太卑鄙了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('37a4d0c9b3'); // 卑怯
{
  "id": "37a4d0c9b3",
  "word": "卑怯",
  "reading": "ひきょう",
  "romaji": "hikyou",
  "meanings": [
    "cowardice",
    "meanness",
    "unfairness"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1482710,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "そんなふうに言うなんて卑怯だ。",
      "en": "It's mean of you to talk that way.",
      "tatoeba_id": 204204
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "cb756ce120e9ab899556c53b270d054d943adacb7754a52ee24b575aaa2852dd",
    "meanings": [
      "卑鄙",
      "不公平"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "そんなふうに言うなんて卑怯だ。",
        "zh": "那样说太卑鄙了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/37a4d0c9b3",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1482710; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "0f3b1c35f28abf9dbbe2f1e22ef11576ceb66ece9750144c6f18617a812dab22"
  }
}