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

• 底栖生物(底棲生物) benthos
• 船底座 Carina
• 釜底抽薪 to take drastic measures to deal with a situation; to pull the carpet from under sb
• 无底(無底) bottomless
• 讨底(討底) to enquire; to demand details
• 底细(底細) the inside story; inside information
• 粉底 foundation (cosmetics)
• 见个高底(見個高底) see which one is the best
• 眼底下 in front of one's eyes; in full view as a panorama; right now
• 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
• 冈底斯山(岡底斯山) Mt Gangdisê
• 班底 ordinary members of theatrical troupe
• 基底动脉(基底動脈) basilar artery
• 本底调查(本底調查) background investigation
• 弄字底 name of Kangxi radical 55
• 底边(底邊) base (of a triangle); base line; hem line (of skirt)
• 本底 background
• 案底 criminal record
• 水底 underwater
• 厚底鞋 platform shoes
• 庙底沟(庙底溝) Miaodigou
• 底下 lowly; mean and low ; below ; afterwards ; under the control of
• 基底神经节孙损伤(基底神經節孫損傷) basal ganglia lesions
• 干卿底事 something related to you; what has this go to do with you?
• 底端 bottom; bottom side; end part
• 硬底子 (especially of an actor) strong; capable
• 自底向上 bottom-up
• 海底扩张(海底擴張) seafloor spreading
• 鞋底 sole
• 潭底 bottom of a (deep) pond
• 无底坑(無底坑) the Bottomless Pit; Hell
• 外汇存底(外匯存底) foreign exchange reserves
• 天底下 everything under heaven
• 寻根究底(尋根究底) find the origin and investigate the details
• 足底筋膜炎 plantar fasciitis
• 底片 negative; photographic plate
• 地底 subterranean; underground
• 脚底(腳底) soles of the feet; paw of an animal
• 底线(底線) to underline; bottom line; base line (in sports); baseline; minimum; spy; plant
• 兜底 to reveal; to expose
• 诺斯底主义(諾斯底主義) Gnosticism

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文底耶山脉 、 诺曼底半岛 、 拉玛铁波底 、 伊洛瓦底江 、 底格里斯 、 苏格拉底 、 迦眞粦底迦 、 考底利耶 、 伊洛瓦底三角洲 、 娄底地区

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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
• 卷一百三十三　列傳第七十一:　叛臣 張覺子:僅言 耶律餘睹 窩斡 Volume 133 Biographies 71: Pan Chen, Zhang Jue son: Jinyan, Ye Luyudu, Wo Wo History of Jin 金史 — count: 6
• 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
• 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 崤底 (崤底) 馮異與赤眉戰於崤底 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 3
• 木底 (木底) 翰與釗戰於木底 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百〇九 載記第九 慕容皝 Volume 109 Records 9: Murong Huang — count: 3