Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/底-dĭ-bottom,-base;-ground

底 dĭ bottom, base; ground - Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 广 yăn “eaves.” This radical is referred to colloquially as 广字头 (廣字頭) guăngzìtóu “top made up of the character 广.” Phonetic is 氐 dī. Distinguish 底 from 低 dī and 纸 (紙) zhĭ.

Examples

• 到底 dàodĭ(r) after all, really [MA]
• 底下 dĭxia underneath [PW]
• 桌子底下 zhuōzi dĭxia underneath the table
• 年底 niándĭ end of the year [TW]
• 月底 yuèdĭ end of the month [TW]

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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