The Chinese word **卑微** is a compound formed by combining two characters with related meanings: **卑** (bēi), which conveys "low," "inferior," or "humble" in status, and **微** (wēi), meaning "tiny," "minute," or "insignificant." Together, they create a synergistic meaning that intensifies the sense of lowliness, describing a state of being profoundly humble, lowly, or insignificant, often with a connotation of social inferiority or self-abasement. This formation follows the common Chinese lexical pattern where two semantically similar characters are paired to express a single, more nuanced abstract concept.