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')

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低音 bass
最低限度 minimum
低头认罪(低頭認罪) to bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt; to admit one's guilt
低洼(低窪) low-lying
低档(低檔) low-grade; of low worth or rank; poor quality; inferior
扒高踩低 crawl high, step low; unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors
低空 low altitude
低压带(低壓帶) low-pressure zone; depression (meteorology)
低八度 an octave lower
低头(低頭) to bow the head; to lower the head ; to submit; to yield ; to be shy ; to lower the head in contemplation ; to be sad
低贱(低賤) lowly and mean
最低谷 lowest point; nadir
高分低能 high in score but low in ability (as a result of teaching to the test)
放低 to lower; to be humble
低成本 low cost; inexpensive
浅斟低唱(淺斟低唱) to pour tea and wine, chanting in a low voice
低眼 [You] lowered your gaze
低压(低壓) low pressure ; low voltage
低缓(低緩) low and unhurried (voice etc); low and gently sloping (terrain)
偏低 to be on the low side; to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary)
低血糖 hypoglycemia (medicine)
低气压(低氣壓) low pressure; depression
低剂量照射(低劑量照射) low dose irradiation
低效 inefficient; ineffective
降低 to reduce; to lower; to bring down
低端 low-end
低昂 ups and down; rise and fall
低空飞过(低空飛過) to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)
最低点(最低點) lowest point; minimum (point)
过低(過低) too low
低陷 to sink; to settle
低筋面粉(低筋麵粉) low-gluten flour; cake flour; pastry flour; soft flour
浅斟低讴(淺斟低謳) to pour tea or wine and chant in a low voice
低音提琴 double bass; contrabass
低音炮 subwoofer
低费用(低費用) low cost
低领口(低領口) low-cut neckline
低耗 low consumption (energy, fuel etc)
低浓缩铀(低濃縮鈾) low-enriched uranium
狗眼看人低 to act like a snob
低谷 a valley; a trough
低平火山口 maar
智力低下 mental retardation
低保 subsistence allowance; welfare
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
低等 inferior
低龋齿性(低齲齒性) non-caries-inducing
低迷 blurred (landscape etc); low (spirits); in a slump (economy)
眼高手低 high standards but little ability; fastidious but incompetent
低空跳伞(低空跳傘) BASE Jumping

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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
第十八回 Chapter 18 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
第三回 Chapter 3 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 5
第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
第二回 Chapter 24 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
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
卷19　志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — 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
低蝂 (低蝂) 低卬夭蟜據以驕驁兮 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 7
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
南低 (南低) 故知天之體南低入地 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十一志第一天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One — 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
低目 (低目) 低目就刃 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷二十九志第九: 音樂二 Volume 29 Treatises 9: Music 2 — count: 3
低湿 (低濕) 低湿的地方 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 3