| 恶劣 | è liè | vile / nasty / of very poor quality |   |
| 可恶 | kě wù | repulsive / vile / hateful / abominable | |
| 龌龊 | wò chuò | dirty / filthy / vile / despicable / narrow-minded / petty | |
| 小人 | xiǎo rén | person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character | |
| 恶人 | è rén | evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person | |
| 臭味相投 | chòu wèi xiāng tóu | to share vile habits / partners in notoriety / birds of a feather | |
| 孽种 | niè zhǒng | bane of one's existence / vile spawn | |
| 卑鄙龌龊 | bēi bǐ wò chuò | sordid and contemptible (idiom) / vile and repulsive (esp. character or action) | |
| 卑陋龌龊 | bēi lòu wò chuò | sordid and contemptible (idiom) / vile and repulsive (esp. character or action) | |
| 赵高 | Zhào Gāo | Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty | |
| 小人得志 | xiǎo rén dé zhì | lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom) / fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant | |
