Chinese Notes

低 dī

dī adjective low
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 她低声的说 'She said in a low voice.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 176; Unihan '低')
dī verb to lower; to drop down
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Direction 方向
Notes: (Unihan '低')
dī noun end
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
dī verb to hang; to bend; to bow
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '低')

Contained in

低压(低壓) low pressure ; low voltage
低气压(低氣壓) low pressure; depression
智力低下 mental retardation
高低杠(高低槓) uneven bars
笑点低(笑點低) amused by even the weakest joke; ready to laugh at the smallest thing
降低 to reduce; to lower; to bring down
最低点(最低點) lowest point; minimum (point)
低劣 inferior quality; substandard; low-grade ; bad moral conduct
低耗 low consumption (energy, fuel etc)
高低潮 the tide; high and low water
低音 bass
阿低利 Atri
高不成低不就 can't reach the high or accept the low
低平火山口 maar
低速挡(低速擋) low gear; bottom gear
低音管 bassoon
低热(低熱) a low fever (up to 38°C)
低音大提琴 double bass; contrabass
低俗之风(低俗之風) vulgar style (used of items to be censored)
低压带(低壓帶) low-pressure zone; depression (meteorology)
低等动物(低等動物) primitive primitive life-form
低血压(低血壓) low blood pressure
低筋面粉(低筋麵粉) low-gluten flour; cake flour; pastry flour; soft flour
过低(過低) too low
低粉 pastry flour
低垂 to hang down; to droop; to be lowered
高低 height ; good and bad; merit and drawbacks ; depth; weight; degree ; no matter how; anyway ; eventually
天低吴楚，眼空无物(天低吳楚，眼空無物) the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see
低龋齿性(低齲齒性) non-caries-inducing
低语(低語) mutter
低眉顺眼(低眉順眼) docile; submissive
低眼 [You] lowered your gaze
最低谷 lowest point; nadir
最低 minimum
低迷 blurred (landscape etc); low (spirits); in a slump (economy)
低烧(低燒) a low fever (up to 38°C)
低速层(低速層) low velocity zone (seismology)
低温(低溫) low temperature
高高低低 high and low; uneven (in height); uneven (of ground)
低碳钢(低碳鋼) low carbon steel; mild steel
低洼(低窪) low-lying
低姿态(低姿態) a low profile
夜幕低垂 darkness fell
降低利率 to reduce interest rates
低音大号(低音大號) bass tuba; euphonium
低分 low marks; low score
低体温症(低體溫症) hypothermia
低陷 to sink; to settle
菩萨低眉(菩薩低眉) a bodhisattva with drooping eyebrows; a charitable demeanor
低浅(低淺) shallow ; not high

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低阶语言

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卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
卷五十八　志第十: 　地理一 Volume 58 Treatises 11: Geography 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 6
卷八十三　列傳第十三: 耶律休哥耶律斜軫耶律奚低耶律學古 Volume 83 Biographies 13: Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Xiezhen, Yelu Xidi, Yelu Xuegu History of Liao 遼史 — count: 5
第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
卷六十四　志第十六: 　河渠一 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 5
第二回 Chapter 24 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
第三回 Chapter 3 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 5
第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
第十八回 Chapter 18 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
第二回 Chapter 46 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4

Collocations

低回 (低回) 低回陰山翔以紆曲兮 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 9
低首 (低首) 封君皆低首仰給 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平準書》 Equalization — count: 8
低徊 (低徊) 低徊陰山翔以紆曲兮 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十七下　司馬相如傳 Volume 57b: Sima Xiangru — count: 6
低薄 (低薄) 以此點視河堤淺澀低薄去處 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷六十四　志第十六: 　河渠一 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Rivers and Canals 1 — count: 5
前低 (前低) 其前低者 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《天官書》 Astronomy — count: 4
低举 (低舉) 松蘿低舉 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四十九列傳第十九阮籍嵇康向秀劉伶謝鯤胡毋輔之畢卓王尼羊曼光逸 Volume 49 Biographies 19: Ruan Ji; Ji Kang; Xiang Xiu; Liu Ling; Xie Kun; Huwu Fuzhi; Bi Zhuo; Wang Ni; Yang Man; Guang Yi — count: 3
低佪 (低佪) 故用低佪 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷九魏書十荀彧荀攸賈詡傳 Volume 9: Book of Wei 9 - Biographies of the Xiahous and Caos — count: 3
低屈 (低屈) 則頭尤低屈 — Xunzi 荀子, 儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians — count: 3
低仰 (低仰) 徒低仰于五侯之間 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四十八列傳第十八向雄段灼閻纘 Volume 48 Biographies 18: Xiang Xiong; Duan Zhuo; Yan Zuan — count: 3
衡低 (衡低) 土灰重而衡低 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第一律曆上律準候氣 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One — count: 3