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低

dī

HSK 3 Character

What 低 means

1. low
2. beneath
3. to lower (one's head)
4. to let droop
5. to hang down
6. to incline

Example sentences

• 别低估我。
  Don't underestimate me.
• 利率还是低。
  Lìlǜ háishi dī.
  Interest rates are still low.
• 她情绪低落。
  She felt blue.
• 我的血压很低。
  Wǒ de xuèyā hěn dī.
  My blood pressure is low.
• 汤姆有低血压。
  Tāngmu yǒu dīxuèyā.
  Tom has low blood pressure.
• 你可别低估我。
  Don't underestimate me.

Words starting with 低

• 低头dī tóuto bow the head; to yield; to give in
• 低声dī shēngin a low voice; softly
• 低于dī yúto be lower than
• 低价dī jiàlow price
• 低下dī xiàlow status; lowly; to lower (one's head)
• 低调dī diàolow pitch; quiet (voice); subdued
• 低沉dī chén(of weather) overcast; gloomy; (of a voice) low and deep; low-spirited; downcast
• 低级dī jílow level; rudimentary; vulgar
• 低落dī luòdowncast; gloomy; to decline; to get worse
• 低廉dī liáncheap; inexpensive; low
• 低估dī gūto underestimate; to underrate
• 低矮dī ǎishort; low
• 低音dī yīnbass
• 低迷dī míblurred (landscape etc); low (spirits); in a slump (economy)
• 低垂dī chuíto droop; to hang low
• 低语dī yǔmutter
• 低年级dī nián jía lower grade (in a school) (e.g. 1st or 2nd year); the lower division (of a school etc)
• 低谷dī gǔvalley; trough (as opposed to peaks); fig. low point
• 低档dī dànglow-grade; of low worth or rank; poor quality
• 低温dī wēnlow temperature
• 低收入dī shōu rùlow income
• 低劣dī lièinferior quality; substandard; low-grade
• 低潮dī cháolow tide; low ebb
• 低俗dī súvulgar; poor taste

Words containing 低

• 降低jiàng dīto reduce; to lower; to bring down
• 贬低biǎn dīto belittle; to disparage; to play down
• 高低gāo dīheight; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority; propriety…
• 压低yā dīto lower (one's voice)
• 过低guò dītoo low
• 减低jiǎn dīto lower; to reduce
• 放低fàng dīto lower; to be humble
• 最低点zuì dī diǎnlowest point; nadir; minimum level
• 高高低低gāo gāo dī dīhigh and low; uneven (in height); uneven (of ground)
• 新低xīn dīnew low
• 走低zǒu dīto go down; to decline
• 不识高低bù shí gāo dīcan't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
• 最低限度zuì dī xiàn dùthe bare minimum; the lowest acceptable limit or standard
• 高低不就gāo dī bù jiùcan't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too…
• 高分低能gāo fēn dī nénghigh in score but low in ability (as a result of teaching to the test)
• 高不成低不就gāo bù chéng dī bù jiùcan't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too…
• 最低音zuì dī yīnlowest voice; lowest pitch; lowest note
• 男低音nán dī yīn(music) bass voice
• 眼高手低yǎn gāo shǒu dīto have high standards but little ability; to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
• 中低端zhōng dī duānmid-to-low-range
• 智力低下zhì lì dī xiàmental retardation
• 笑点低xiào diǎn dīamused by even the weakest joke; ready to laugh at the smallest thing
• 最低谷zuì dī gǔlowest point; nadir
• 偏低piān dīto be on the low side; to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary)

Characters built on 氐

These share the phonetic component 氐 (dǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 邸dǐ(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official
• 诋dǐto defame; to slander
• 坻chíislet; rock in river
• 砥dǐbaffle (pier); whetstone
• 祗zhīrespectful (ly)
• 骶dǐ(bound form) sacrum

Characters that look like 低

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 依yīto depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to
• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 佩pèito respect; to wear (belt etc)
• 侠xiáknight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 佬lǎomale; man (Cantonese)
• 侃kǎnupright and honest; cheerful; to chat idly

Sounds the same

Read dī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 滴to drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid)
• 堤dike; Taiwan pr. tí
• 的a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士
• 嘀(onomatopoeia) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc
• 提used in 提防
• 啲some; few; a little (Cantonese)
• 镝dysprosium (chemistry)
• 鞮leather shoes
• 羝billy goat; ram
• 鍉spoon; key
• 氐name of an ancient tribe