底 (dǐ)
Bottom; end; background
How 底 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 广 — house on cliff
- Traditional
- 底
- Simplified
- 底 (unchanged)
Components
- 广 house on cliff
- 氏 clan
- 丶 dot
底 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- de
- (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
- dǐ
- background; bottom; base; the end of a period of time
Common words using 底
- 到底 dàodǐ
- finally; in the end; when all is said and done
- 徹底 chèdǐ
- thorough; thoroughly; complete
- 平底 píngdǐ
- flat bottomed; low heeled
- 年底 niándǐ
- the end of the year; year-end
- 底下 dǐxia
- the location below sth; afterwards
- 底氣 dǐqì
- lung power; stamina; confidence
- 底片 dǐpiàn
- negative; photographic plate
- 底線 dǐxiàn
- to underline; bottom line; base line (in sports)
- 底部 dǐbù
- bottom
- 心底 xīndǐ
- bottom of one's heart
- 打底 dǎdǐ
- underpainting
- 歇斯底里 xiēsīdǐlǐ
- hysterical
底 in a sentence
我月底會去旅行。
Wǒ yuèdǐ huì qù lǚxíng.
“I will go traveling at the end of the month.”
How common is 底?
底 is the 543rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 77.6% of all running text.
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