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

阿低利 Atri
低等 inferior
低温(低溫) low temperature
低能儿(低能兒) retarded child; moron; idiot
低三下四 servile
低速挡(低速擋) low gear; bottom gear
走低 to go down; to decline
不识高低(不識高低) can't recognize tall or short; doesn't know what's what
低矮 short; low
低价(低價) low price
低级(低級) elementary level; beginning level ; low level
过低(過低) too low
高低潮 the tide; high and low water
高高低低 high and low; uneven (in height); uneven (of ground)
低音喇叭 woofer
低烧(低燒) a low fever (up to 38°C)
低收入 low income
低空 low altitude
低平火山口 maar
低头认罪(低頭認罪) to bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt; to admit one's guilt
低龋齿性(低齲齒性) non-caries-inducing
低陷 to sink; to settle
低俗 vulgar; in poor taste
低阶(低階) low level
低成本 low cost; inexpensive
低眼 [You] lowered your gaze
低压(低壓) low pressure ; low voltage
低端人口 low-paid workers in industries that offer jobs for the unskilled
历来最低点(歷來最低點) all time low (point)
男低音 bass (music); lower register male voice
低空飞过(低空飛過) to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)
浅斟低唱(淺斟低唱) to pour tea and wine, chanting in a low voice
低音大号(低音大號) bass tuba; euphonium
低垂 to hang down; to droop; to be lowered
低迷 blurred (landscape etc); low (spirits); in a slump (economy)
狗眼看人低 to act like a snob
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
低廉 cheap; inexpensive; low
低能 incapable; incompetent; stupid; mentally deficient
低姿态(低姿態) a low profile
高分低能 high in score but low in ability (as a result of teaching to the test)
一见高低(一見高低) to fight it out with somebody to see who is best; to cross swords with; to lock horns
低息 low-interest
低低切切 in a low voice; whispered
最低潮 low tide; the lowest point (e.g. of a relationship)
降低 to reduce; to lower; to bring down
低音炮 subwoofer
低音大提琴 double bass; contrabass
低估 to underestimate; to underrate

Also contained in

低级语言、低阶语言

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

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
第三回 Chapter 3 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 5
第二回 Chapter 24 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — 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
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
卷八十七志第六十三河渠五 Volume 87 Treatises 63: Rivers and Canals 5 History of Ming 明史 — 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
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
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
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
肩低 (肩低) 脅肩低首 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十一賈鄒枚路傳 Volume 51: Jia, Zou, Mei and Lu — count: 3