底 dǐ

1. dǐ noun bottom; base; end
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 海底 'seabed' (Guoyu '底' n 1; Han Dian '底' 1; Kroll 2015 '底' 1; NCCED '底' 1; Unihan '底')
2. dǐ noun origin; the cause of a situation
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 根源 (Guoyu '底' n 2; Han Dian '底' 3; NCCED '底' 3)
3. dǐ verb to stop
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 底 has a similar meaning to 止 (Kroll 2015 '底' 2a)
4. dǐ verb to arrive
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 底 has a similar meaning to 达到 (Guoyu '底' v 1; Han Dian '底' 6; Kroll 2015 '底' 2)
5. dǐ verb underneath
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '底' 1a)
6. dǐ noun a draft; an outline; a sketch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 底 has a similar meaning to 草稿 or 原本 (Guoyu '底' n 4; NCCED '底' 4)
7. dǐ noun end of month or year
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 月底 or 年底 (Guoyu '底' n 3; Han Dian '底' 2; NCCED '底' 5)
8. dǐ noun remnants
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '底' 6)
9. dǐ noun background
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in background color by extension background information (Guoyu '底' n 5; Han Dian '底' 4; NCCED '底' 2)
10. dǐ pronoun what
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Interrogative Pronoun 疑问代词
    Notes: In this sense 底 has a similar meaning to 什么 (Guoyu '底' pronoun; Han Dian '底' 5; Kroll 2015 '底' 3)
11. dǐ adverb to lower; to droop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '底' 1a)
12. de particle possessive particle
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Similar to 的 (Guoyu '底' particle; Han Dian '底' de)

Contained in

• 好酒沉瓮底(好酒沉甕底) the best wine is at the bottom of the jug; the best is saved for last
• 颅底(顱底) base of the skull
• 标底(標底) base number (of a tender); starting price (for auction)
• 基底神经节孙损伤(基底神經節孫損傷) basal ganglia lesions
• 庙底沟(庙底溝) Miaodigou
• 幼发拉底河(幼發拉底河) Euphrates River
• 底蕴(底蘊) inside information; concrete details
• 伊于胡底(伊於胡底) where will it stop?
• 底栖有孔虫(底棲有孔蟲) benthic foraminifera
• 底盘(底盤) chassis
• 修昔底德 Thucydides
• 海底 seabed; seafloor
• 硬底子 (especially of an actor) strong; capable
• 井底之蛙 the frog at the bottom of the well; a person of limited outlook and experience
• 歇斯底里症 hysteria
• 没底(沒底) unsure; uncertain; unending
• 底止 end; limit
• 封底 the back cover of a book
• 露底 to let out a secret
• 修昔底德陷阱 Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)
• 底面 bottom; bottom side; bottom surface
• 大树底下好乘凉(大樹底下好乘涼) under a big tree the shade is plentiful; to benefit by proximity to an influential person
• 底部 the bottom
• 沈底 to sink to the bottom
• 摸底 to find out the details
• 干卿底事 something related to you; what has this go to do with you?
• 跳出釜底进火坑(跳出釜底進火坑) out of the frying pan into the fire
• 底线(底線) to underline; bottom line; base line (in sports); baseline; minimum; spy; plant
• 皿字底 name of Kangxi radical 108
• 粉底 foundation (cosmetics)
• 本底计数(本底計數) background count
• 年底 the end of the year; year-end
• 打底 to lay a foundation; to make a first sketch; to eat before drinking; to apply an undercoat
• 眼底下 in front of one's eyes; in full view as a panorama; right now
• 基底动脉(基底動脈) basilar artery
• 刨根问底(刨根問底) to dig up roots and inquire at the base; to get to the bottom of sth
• 天底下 everything under heaven
• 讨底(討底) to enquire; to demand details
• 基底 plinth; base; substrate
• 盘底(盤底) to interrogate and get to the bottom of sth
• 底栖生物(底棲生物) benthos
• 底层(底層) underlayer
• 眼皮底下 in front of one's eyes
• 到底 finally; in the end
• 底阀(底閥) bottom valve; foot valve

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阿槃底 、 诺曼底 、 拉玛铁波底 、 俄底浦斯 、 巴士底 、 伊洛瓦底三角洲

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• 卷一百　列傳第三十: 耶律棠古 蕭得里底 蕭酬斡 耶律章奴 耶律朮者 Volume 100 Biographies 30: Yelu Tanggu, Xiao Delidi, Xiao Chouwo, Yelu Zhangnu, Yelu Paizhe History of Liao 遼史 — count: 22
• 卷一百十二　列傳第四十二: 逆臣上 Volume 112 Biographies 42: Rebellious Officials 1 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 12
• 卷一 　本紀第一:　太祖上 Volume 1 Annals 1: Taizu 1 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 11
• 卷七十　表第八:　屬國表 Volume 70 Tables 8: Vassal States History of Liao 遼史 — count: 10
• 卷九十三　列傳第三十一:　顯宗諸子琮(本名承慶) 瑰(本名桓篤) 從彝(本名阿憐) 從憲(本名吾里不) 玠(本名謀良虎) 章宗諸子洪裕 洪靖(本名阿虎懶) 洪熙(本名訛魯不) 洪衍(本名撒改) 洪輝(本名訛論) 忒鄰 衞紹王子從恪 宣宗三子莊獻太子守忠 玄齡 荊王守純(本名盤都) 獨吉思忠 承裕 僕散揆 抹撚史扢搭 宗浩 Volume 93 Biographies 31: Xianzong sons Cong (former name Chengqing), Gui (former name Huandu), Cong Yi (former name Alian), Cong Xian (former name Wulibu), Jie (former name Mou Lianghu), Zhangzongzhuzihongyu, Hong Jing (former name Ahulan), Hong Xi (former name Elubu), Hong Yan (former name Sagai), Hong Hui (former name Elun), Te Lin, Weishaowangzicongke, Xuanzongsanzizhuangxiantaizishouzhong, Xuan Ling, Jingwangshouchun (former name Pandou), Dujisizhong, Cheng Yu, Pu Sankui, Monianshiguda, Zong Hao History of Jin 金史 — count: 8
• 卷二十五　本紀第二十五: 道宗五 Volume 25 Annals 25: Daozong 5 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 8
• 卷四十六 志第二十二 地理七 Volume 46 Treatises 22: Geography 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
• 卷七十六　列傳第十四:　太宗諸子 宗磐(本名蒲魯虎) 宗固(本名胡魯) 宗本(本名阿魯，附:蕭玉) 杲本名斜也 子:宗義(本名孛吉) 阿虎里 宗幹本名斡本 子:充(本名神土懣 子:永元(本名元奴)) 兗(本名梧桐) 襄(本名永慶) 袞(本名蒲甲) Volume 76 Biographies 14: Tai Zong sons - Zong Pan (formerly named Puluhu), Zong Gu (formerly named Hulu), Zong Ben (formerly named Alu, relative: Xiaoyu), Gao formerly named Xieye, son: Zongyi (formerly named Beiji), A Huli, Zong Gan formerly named Woben, son: Chong (formerly named Shentumen, son: yongyuan (formerly named Yuannu), Yan (formerly named Wutong), Xiang (formerly named Yongqing), Gun (formerly named pujia) History of Jin 金史 — count: 6
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• 卷二百二十一下 列傳第一百四十六下 西域下 Volume 221b Biographies 146b: Western Regions 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 6

Collocations

• 底定 (底定) 而江外底定 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十四 列傳第二十四 陸機 陸雲 Volume 54 Biographies 24: Lu Ji — count: 15
• 底柱 (底柱) 洒爲底柱 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛中 Book 4 - Universal Love II — count: 14
• 底绩 (底績) 懷底績 — Xunzi 荀子, 儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians — count: 7
• 方底 (方底) 盛綠綈方底 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十七下 外戚傳 Volume 97a: The Empresses and Imperial Affines 2 — count: 6
• 底厉 (底厲) 底厲其節 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷四十九 爰盎晁錯傳 Volume 49: Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo — count: 5
• 井底 (井底) 夫據除而窺井底 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 5
• 宙底 (宙底) 名宙底 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷三十七 志第二十七 州郡三 Volume 37 Treatises 27: Administrative Districts 3 — count: 4
• 底滞 (底滯) 非謂其底滯而不發 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 4
• 史底 (史底) 華州民史底與司徒楊椿訟田 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷37 列傳第29 寇儁 韓褒 趙肅 張軌 李彥 郭彥 裴文舉 高賓 Volume 37 Biographies 29: Kuo Jun; Han Bao; Zhao Su; Zhang Gui; Li Yan; Guo Yan; Pei Wenju; Gao Bin — count: 3
• 底平 (底平) 東原底平 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《夏本紀》 Annals of Xia — count: 3