# 底子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǐzi
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˇ ˙ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dai$^2$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǐzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǐzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^3$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: dǐ-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dii.tzy
*** Palladius: дицзы (diczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dai$^2$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: dái jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dai$^2$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dei$^2$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

### Noun

底子
* bottom; underneath; underside; base
* foundation
* rough draft; sketch; outline
* original text (of a book, publication, etc.); source
* copy kept as a record
* leftover material; remnant; remainder; last of something
* sole (bottom of a shoe or boot)
* physique; constitution
* details; ins and outs; inside information
* ground; background; foundation

#### Synonyms

* (bottom): 底 (dǐ)
* (foundation): 根基 (gēnjī), 基礎／基础 (jīchǔ), 基業／基业 (jīyè), (Hokkien) 底蒂
* (rough draft):
* 初稿 (chūgǎo)
* 文稿 (wéngǎo)
* 稿 (gǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 稿子 (gǎozi)
* 草底 (cǎodǐ) (colloquial)
* 草稿 (cǎogǎo)
* (original text): 底本 (dǐběn)
* (sole):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鞋底, 鞋底子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鞋底兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鞋底 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 鞋底兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鞋底子, 鞋底 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鞋底兒, 鞋底子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鞋底兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 鞋底 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鞋底子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 鞋底底 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 鞋底兒, 鞋底子, 鞋底 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 鞋底, 鞋底子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 鞋底子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鞋底子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鞋底子, 鞋底, 鞋底底, 鞋底板兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鞋底子, 鞋底 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 鞋底 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 鞋底 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鞋底 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鞋底 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鞋底 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鞋底 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鞋底 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鞋底子, 鞋底 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鞋底 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鞋底 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鞋底 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鞋底 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鞋底 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鞋底 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鞋底 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鞋底 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鞋底 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鞋底 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鞋底 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鞋底子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鞋底 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鞋底 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鞋底 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鞋底 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鞋底 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鞋底 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鞋底 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 鞋底 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鞋底 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鞋底 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鞋底兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 鞋底 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鞋底 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鞋底 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鞋底子, 鞋底 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鞋底公 |
* (physique): 體質／体质 (tǐzhì)
* (details):
* 內幕 / 内幕 (nèimù)
* 內情 / 内情 (nèiqíng)
* 底細 / 底细 (dǐxì)
* 底蘊 / 底蕴 (dǐyùn)
* 路數 / 路数 (lùshù)
* 頭腦 / 头脑 (tóunǎo) (obsolete)