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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低吟 to chant softly; to murmur
低低切切 in a low voice; whispered
低热(低熱) a low fever (up to 38°C)
低微 meager (wages); humble (social status); feeble (voice)
低估 to underestimate; to underrate
偏低 to be on the low side; to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary)
高高低低 high and low; uneven (in height); uneven (of ground)
低八度 an octave lower
低利贷款(低利貸款) low interest loan
低档(低檔) low-grade; of low worth or rank; poor quality; inferior
最低限度 minimum
最低 minimum
低空 low altitude
低下 low [status]; lowly
低平火山口 maar
低能儿(低能兒) retarded child; moron; idiot
低姿态(低姿態) a low profile
低调(低調) humility; subdued; low-key; low-profile ; a low pitch; quiet
低地绣眼鸟(低地繡眼鳥) lowland white-eye (Zosterops meyeni)
低度发展国家(低度發展國家) underdeveloped nation
低血压(低血壓) low blood pressure
低利 low interest
男低音 bass (music); lower register male voice
低潮 low tide; low ebb
低胸 low-cut (dress); plunging (neckline)
低音炮 subwoofer
低纬度(低緯度) low latitude
贬低(貶低) to belittle; to disparage
低粉 pastry flour
低密度脂蛋白 low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
狗眼看人低 to act like a snob
低落 downcast; gloomy; to decline
浅斟低唱(淺斟低唱) to pour tea and wine, chanting in a low voice
低眉顺眼(低眉順眼) docile; submissive
眼高手低 high standards but little ability; fastidious but incompetent
低息 low-interest
低劣 inferior quality; substandard; low-grade ; bad moral conduct
体温过低(體溫過低) hypothermia
高低 height ; good and bad; merit and drawbacks ; depth; weight; degree ; no matter how; anyway ; eventually
压低(壓低) to lower (one's voice)
低谷 a valley; a trough
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
低气压(低氣壓) low pressure; depression
低眼 [You] lowered your gaze
低迷 blurred (landscape etc); low (spirits); in a slump (economy)
低等 inferior
低分 low marks; low score
低沉 deep and low (of sound); muffled ; overcast; gloomy; downcast
人往高处走，水往低处流(人往高處走，水往低處流) man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down
扒高踩低 crawl high, step low; unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors

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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
第二回 Chapter 24 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — 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
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
第十八回 Chapter 18 Journey to the West 西遊記 — 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
第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
第七十二回 Chapter 72 Water Margin 水滸傳 — 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
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