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底
dǐ
1. background
2. bottom
3. base
4. end (of the month, year etc)
5. remnants
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

底
dǐ
bottom, underside; below, underneath
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

交底
jiāodǐ
to fill sb in (on the details of sth)
保底
bǎodǐ
to break even
兜底
dōudǐ
to reveal
到底
dàodǐ
finally
HSK 4
功底
gōngdǐ
training in the basic skills
地底
dìdǐ
subterranean
基底
jīdǐ
plinth
天底
tiāndǐ
(astronomy) nadir
娄底
Lóudǐ
Loudi prefecture level city in Hunan
家底
jiādǐ
family property
封底
fēngdǐ
the back cover of a book
平底
píngdǐ
flat bottomed
年底
niándǐ
the end of the year
底下
dǐxia
the location below sth
底子
dǐzi
base
底层
dǐcéng
ground or first floor
底座
dǐzuò
base
底止
dǐzhǐ
(literary) end
底气
dǐqì
lung power
底汁
dǐzhī
stock (cooking)

Alternate Entries

底
de
(equivalent to [[的]] as possessive particle)
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
542
Word Frequency Rank
1,081 of 84,292

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