# 底

| 底 | U+5E95, &#24213; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E95 |
| ← 应 [U+5E94] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 庖 → [U+5E96] |

## Translingual
### Han character

底 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹心一 (IHPM) or 戈竹女戈 (IHVI), four-corner 0024$_2$, composition ⿸广氐)

#### Derived characters

* 掋, 鯳, 菧

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 344, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9262
* Dae Jaweon: page 653, character 28
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 878, character 4
* Unihan data for U+5E95

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 低 | *tiːl |
| 氐 | *tiːl, *til |
| 袛 | *tiːl |
| 羝 | *tiːl |
| 眡 | *tiːl, *djilʔ |
| 岻 | *tiːl, *dil |
| 奃 | *tiːl |
| 趆 | *tiːl, *tiːls |
| 柢 | *tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls |
| 邸 | *tiːlʔ |
| 底 | *tiːlʔ |
| 詆 | *tiːlʔ, *diːl |
| 坻 | *tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil |
| 抵 | *tiːlʔ |
| 牴 | *tiːlʔ |
| 觝 | *tiːlʔ |
| 弤 | *tiːlʔ |
| 軧 | *tiːlʔ |
| 骶 | *tiːls |
| 砥 | *tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils |
| 胝 | *til |
| 疷 | *til |
| 秪 | *til |
| 泜 | *dil |
| 蚳 | *dil |
| 彽 | *dil |
| 阺 | *dil |
| 貾 | *dil |
| 祗 | *tjil |
| 厎 | *tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ |
| 茋 | *tjilʔ |
| 鴟 | *tʰjil |
| 汦 | *kjeʔ, *tjil |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tiːlʔ): semantic 广 (“building”) + phonetic 氐 (OC *tiːl, *til) – the bottom or base, foundation of a building. Note that 氐, according to one interpretation, is a figure bowing or the root of a tree, hence a connotation of "down"; if the interpretation is correct, the phonetic component also adds part of the meaning.

### Etymology 1

Cognate with 低 (OC *tiːl, “to lower; low”), 柢 (OC *tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls, “root of a tree; base”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dǐ (di$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): di$^3$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): dì
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): dǐ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dai$^2$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): doi$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): di$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): tái / tí
    (Hailu, HRS): dai$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): dai$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): di$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): dǎi
* Eastern Min (BUC): dā̤ / dī
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): de$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tóe / té / tére / tí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): doi$^2$ / doin$^2$ / di$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): doi$^2$ / di$^2$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): dai$^2$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^5$ti / $^3$ti
** (Jinhua): $^3$tie; $^3$ti
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): di$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǐ
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^3$
*** Yale: dǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dii
*** Palladius: ди (di)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǐr
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǐr
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: dǐr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dieel
*** Palladius: дир (dir)
*** Sinological IPA : /tiə̯ɻ²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: di$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: di
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: dì
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵³/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: dǐ
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): di$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ti¹¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dai$^2$
*** Yale: dái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐi̯³⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: doi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔi³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ai⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: di$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tái / tí
*** Hakka Romanization System: dai$^ˋ$ / di$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dai$^3$ / di$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tai̯³¹/, /ti³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: dai$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tai²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: dai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /taɪ³¹/
* tái - vernacular;
* tí - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit底 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ti²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ti²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ti¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ti⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ti⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ti⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ti⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡sz̩⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ti⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ti⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ti⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ti⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ti⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ti⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ti⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ti²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡sz̩⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ti⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ti⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ti⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ti³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ti⁵¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ti⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /tei³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ti³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /te³¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ti⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ti⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ti²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /tai³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /tɑi³¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /tɐi³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /tɐi²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /tɐi³⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /te⁵³/ /tue⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /tɛ³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /tai²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /toi⁵³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ʔdi²¹³/ /ʔdɔi²¹³/ |
* Middle Chinese: tejX
Rime :
| Character | 底 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 都禮切 |
| Baxter | tejX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tei$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tei$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tɛi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tɛj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /tei$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /tiei$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tiei$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dai$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤijʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tiːlʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 底 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tej$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*tˁijʔ/ |
| English | bottom; stop, obstruct |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 底 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2244 |
| Phonetic component | 氐 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 邸 |
| Old Chinese | /*tiːlʔ/ |

#### Definitions

底
* bottom; underneath; underside
* ground; background
* ins and outs; actual situation
* master copy
* (Cantonese) copy kept as a record
    留底 [Cantonese] ― lau$^4$ dai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― to keep a copy
* end (of a year or month)
    See also: 年底, 月底
    六月底 [Cantonese] ― luk$^6$ jyut$^6$ dai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― end of June
* remnants; remains; leftovers
* (Southern Min) inside
    糜底 [Teochew] ― in the congee
* (mathematics) base (of triangle, logarithm, etc.)
* (Cantonese) staple food as the base of a meal
    伊麵底／伊面底 [Cantonese] ― ji$^1$ min$^6$ dai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― e-fu noodles as the base (e.g., for lobster)
    加底 [Cantonese] ― gaa$^1$ dai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― to add rice in a meal
* (Cantonese, traditional Chinese medicine) physique; constitution (of a person)
    寒底 [Cantonese] ― hon$^4$ dai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) tendency in one's personality; leaning
    燥底 [Cantonese] ― cou$^3$ dai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― having a bad temper
    紅底／红底 [Cantonese] ― hung$^4$ dai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― having pro-CCP leanings
    M底 [Cantonese] ― em$^1$ dai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― having a masochistic side
** 2023, 6:26 from the start, in 你好，我的大夫 [Let Me Take Your Pulse]‎, episode 21, spoken by 張鐫祺 [Hunter Cheung] (許俊豪 [Lincoln Hui]):
       gam$^2$ ngo$^5$ go$^2$ zan$^6$ zi$^6$ bei$^1$ dai$^2$, sau$^6$ jan$^4$ jan$^1$ wai$^6$ dou$^1$ m$^4$ hou$^2$ ji$^3$ si$^3$ gong$^2$ do$^1$ ze$^6$ [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (Cantonese) ground; foundation
       ngo$^5$ sou$^3$ dai$^2$ hou$^2$ caa$^1$. [Jyutping]
       My foundation of math is very poor.
* (Cantonese) background (of a person); criminal record
       keoi$^5$ go$^3$ dai$^2$ faa$^1$ saai$^3$. [Jyutping]
       His criminal record is all dirty and messy.
* (Cantonese) underpants (short for 底褲 / 底裤 (dai$^2$ fu$^3$)) (Classifier: 條／条 c)
    紅底／红底 [Cantonese] ― hung$^4$ dai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― red underpants
    露底 [Cantonese] ― lou$^6$ dai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― to expose one's underpants
* (Cantonese) Classifier for pastry made or served in flat-shaped container.
    半底雞蛋仔／半底鸡蛋仔 [Cantonese] ― bun$^3$ dai$^2$ gai$^1$ daan$^6$ zai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
       gwo$^3$ nin$^4$ zing$^2$ zo$^2$ jat$^1$ dai$^2$ lo$^4$ baak$^6$ gou$^1$ tung$^4$ jat$^1$ dai$^2$ nin$^4$ gou$^1$. [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* Short for 底細／底细 (dǐxì).

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 內褲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 內褲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 底褲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 底褲 male briefs, female, 內褲 male boxers |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 褲頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 內褲, 搖褲, 火搖褲, 火炮兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 內褲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 內褲, 底褲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 褲頭兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 短褲, 褲頭子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 底褲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 底褲, 底橫, 底底, 底 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 底褲 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 底褲 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 底褲 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 褲頭子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 底褲仔, 底褲 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 底褲, 底褲哩 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 內褲, 底褲子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 底褲仔, 伴子 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 底褲仔, 內褲, 伴子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 身底褲, 底褲仔, 伴子 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 底褲, 內褲, 伴子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 身底褲, 底褲, 伴子 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 內褲, 內底褲, 伴子 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 底褲 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 內褲 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 內褲 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 內面褲, 底褲 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 底褲 male briefs, female, 內褲 male boxers |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 內褲 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 底褲, 內褲 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 褲頭, 內褲, 內褲頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 底褲, 內褲 |
| Wu | Danyang | 短褲頭子, 褲頭子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 褲頭兒, 褲頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 內褲 |

#### Compounds

* 井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐzhīwā)
* 井底銀瓶 / 井底银瓶
* 亮底兒 / 亮底儿
* 亮底牌
* 伊于胡底
* 伊底帕斯
* 信底
* 保底 (bǎodǐ)
* 儘底下 / 尽底下
* 兜底 (dōudǐ)
* 兜老底
* 內底 / 内底 (nèidǐ)
* 刨根問底 / 刨根问底 (páogēnwèndǐ)
* 刨根究底 (páogēnjiūdǐ)
* 到底 (dàodǐ)
* 包袱底兒 / 包袱底儿 (bāofudǐr)
* 周旋到底
* 囊底
* 囊底智
* 囊底路
* 四點底 / 四点底 (sìdiǎndǐ)
* 地底 (dìdǐ)
* 堅持到底 / 坚持到底
* 墊底 / 垫底 (diàndǐ)
* 壓箱底 / 压箱底
* 外匯存底 / 外汇存底
* 大底
* 天底 (tiāndǐ)
* 天底下 (tiāndǐxia)
* 存底
* 家底兒 / 家底儿
* 封底 (fēngdǐ)
* 尋根問底 / 寻根问底
* 尋根究底 / 寻根究底 (xúngēnjiūdǐ)
* 小底
* 山底 (Shāndǐ)
* 岳底 (Yuèdǐ)
* 川底下 (Chuāndǐxià)
* 干卿底事
* 平底 (píngdǐ)
* 平底鍋 / 平底锅 (píngdǐguō)
* 平底鞋 (píngdǐxié)
* 年底 (niándǐ)
* 底下 (dǐxià)
* 底下人 (dǐxiarén)
* 底下奏樂 / 底下奏乐
* 底事
* 底價 / 底价 (dǐjià)
* 底兒 / 底儿
* 底冊 / 底册
* 底冰
* 底子 (dǐzi)
* 底子錢 / 底子钱
* 底定 (dǐdìng)
* 底寧 / 底宁
* 底層 / 底层 (dǐcéng)
* 底工
* 店底
* 底座 (dǐzuò)
* 底張 / 底张 (Dǐzhāng)
* 底數 / 底数 (dǐshù)
* 底本 (dǐběn)
* 底末
* 底本兒 / 底本儿
* 底案
* 底根兒 / 底根儿
* 底棲生物 / 底栖生物
* 底極 / 底极
* 底樣兒 / 底样儿
* 底止
* 底死
* 底漆 (dǐqī)
* 底滯 / 底滞
* 底火
* 底片 (dǐpiàn)
* 底版
* 底牌 (dǐpái)
* 底特律 (Dǐtèlǜ)
* 底盤 / 底盘 (dǐpán)
* 底稿 (dǐgǎo)
* 底糞 / 底粪
* 底細 / 底细 (dǐxì)
* 底線 / 底线 (dǐxiàn)
* 底線抽球 / 底线抽球
* 底缺
* 底老
* 底肥
* 底腳 / 底脚
* 底腳裡人 / 底脚里人
* 底色 (dǐsè)
* 底蒂 (té-tì) (Min Nan)
* 底薪 (dǐxīn)
* 底蘊 / 底蕴 (dǐyùn)
* 底處 / 底处
* 底衣
* 底裡 / 底里 (dǐlǐ)
* 底襟
* 底邊 / 底边 (dǐbiān)
* 底部 (dǐbù)
* 底限 (dǐxiàn)
* 底面 (dǐmiàn)
* 徹底 / 彻底 (chèdǐ)
* 心底 (xīndǐ)
* 怪底
* 扁底舟
* 手底下
* 打底 (dǎdǐ)
* 打底子 (dǎdǐzi)
* 打底稿
* 打粉底
* 打聽細底 / 打听细底
* 扯底線 / 扯底线
* 探底 (tàndǐ)
* 揭底 (jiēdǐ)
* 揭底牌 (jiē dǐpái)
* 搜根問底 / 搜根问底
* 搜根究底
* 揭老底 (jiē lǎodǐ)
* 摸底 (mōdǐ)
* 攢底 / 攒底
* 方底圓蓋 / 方底圆盖
* 書囊無底 / 书囊无底
* 書底子 / 书底子
* 月底 (yuèdǐ)
* 有底 (yǒudǐ)
* 有底稿
* 本底子
* 根兒底下 / 根儿底下
* 根底 (gēndǐ)
* 樓底下 / 楼底下 (lóudǐxià)
* 歇斯底里 (xiēsīdǐlǐ)
* 水底摸月
* 水底撈月 / 水底捞月
* 水底撈針 / 水底捞针 (shuǐdǐlāozhēn)
* 水底納瓜 / 水底纳瓜
* 沒底兒 / 没底儿
* 沒底棺材 / 没底棺材
* 河底 (hédǐ)
* 河底隧道
* 洩底 / 泄底 (xièdǐ)
* 洋底盆地
* 海底 (hǎidǐ)
* 海底地震
* 海底山
* 海底峽谷 / 海底峡谷
* 海底摸月
* 海底撈月 / 海底捞月 (hǎidǐ lāoyuè)
* 海底撈針 / 海底捞针 (hǎidǐlāozhēn)
* 海底擴張 / 海底扩张
* 海底猴兒 / 海底猴儿
* 海底眼
* 海底通訊 / 海底通讯
* 海底電線 / 海底电线
* 海底電纜 / 海底电缆
* 溝底 / 沟底
* 漆桶底脫 / 漆桶底脱
* 澈底 (chèdǐ)
* 瀉底 / 泻底
* 火底
* 無底 / 无底
* 無底洞 / 无底洞 (wúdǐdòng)
* 爨底下 (Cuàndǐxià)
* 牢角底
* 班底 (bāndǐ)
* 甚底
* 皿字底 (mǐnzìdǐ)
* 盤底朝天 / 盘底朝天
* 盤根問底 / 盘根问底
* 眼底 (yǎndǐ)
* 眼底下 (yǎndǐxià)
* 知底 (zhīdǐ)
* 知情底保
* 私底下
* 稿底
* 窮根究底 / 穷根究底 (qiónggēnjiūdǐ)
* 筆底生花 / 笔底生花 (bǐdǐshēnghuā)
* 箱底
* 箱底功夫
* 箱底錢 / 箱底钱
* 築底巷 / 筑底巷
* 粉底 (fěndǐ)
* 納鞋底 / 纳鞋底
* 細底 / 细底
* 絞絲底 / 绞丝底 (jiǎosīdǐ)
* 老底 (lǎodǐ)
* 老底兒 / 老底儿
* 老底子 (lǎodǐzi)
* 老班底
* 耳朵底子
* 腳底 / 脚底 (jiǎodǐ)
* 腳底下 / 脚底下
* 腳底下人 / 脚底下人
* 腳底抹油 / 脚底抹油 (jiǎodǐmǒyóu)
* 腳底板兒 / 脚底板儿 (jiǎodǐbǎnr)
* 臥底 / 卧底 (wòdǐ)
* 舉字底 / 举字底 (jǔzìdǐ)
* 船底 (chuándǐ)
* 茶底
* 草底兒 / 草底儿
* 被底鴛鴦 / 被底鸳鸯
* 襯底 / 衬底
* 謎底 / 谜底 (mídǐ)
* 谷底 (gǔdǐ)
* 貨底 / 货底 (huòdǐ)
* 賣底 / 卖底
* 跌至谷底
* 軟底子 / 软底子
* 透底 (tòudǐ)
* 酒底
* 釜底抽薪 (fǔdǐchōuxīn)
* 釜底枯魚 / 釜底枯鱼
* 釜底游魚 / 釜底游鱼
* 釜底遊魂 / 釜底游魂
* 鋪底 / 铺底
* 鐺底焦飯 / 铛底焦饭
* 阿富羅底 / 阿富罗底
* 雪字底 (xuězìdǐ)
* 露底 (lòudǐ)
* 青字底 (qīngzìdǐ)
* 鞋底 (xiédǐ)
* 鞋底錢 / 鞋底钱
* 高底
* 高底鞋
* 魚遊釜底 / 鱼游釜底

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): de (de$^5$／de$^0$)
    (Zhuyin): ˙ㄉㄜ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: de
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄉㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: de̊
*** Wade–Giles: tê$^5$
*** Yale: de
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .de
*** Palladius: дэ (dɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /d̥ə/

#### Definitions

底
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) possessive particle, equivalent to modern Mandarin 的 (de)

### Etymology 3

From 等 (MC tojX), probably a clipping or influenced by 何等 (OC *ɡaːl tɯːʔ/tɯːŋʔ).

#### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): diē / dē̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tī / tǐ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): di$^7$
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: diē / dē̤
*** Sinological IPA : /tie³³/, /tœ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī
*** Tâi-lô: tī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: di
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ti³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ti²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐ
*** Tâi-lô: tǐ
*** IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ti³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: di$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī
*** Sinological IPA : /ti¹¹/
* Middle Chinese: tejX
Rime :
| Character | 底 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 都禮切 |
| Baxter | tejX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tei$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tei$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tɛi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tɛj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /tei$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /tiei$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tiei$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dai$^2$ |

#### Definitions

底
* (literary or Min) which; what
    From: circa 1142, 張元幹,《賀新郎·送胡邦衡待制赴新州》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
    Dǐ shì Kūnlún qīng dǐzhù, jiǔ dì huáng liú luàn zhù? [Pinyin]
    How could Mount Pillar suddenly fall down? And Yellow River flow throughout the town?
    From: 杜甫《解悶之七》
    Táoyě xìnglíng cún dǐ wù? Xīn shī gǎi bà zì cháng yín. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 何, 孰 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 哪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 哪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 哪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 哪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 哪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 選 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 哪 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 邊 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 邊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 哪 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 哪 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 哪 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 哪 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 哪 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 哪 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 哪 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 底 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 底 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 佗 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 佗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 佗 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 佗 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 佗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 佗 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 佗 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 底 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 底 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 底 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 底 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿裡, 賴裡 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 若, 狃 |

#### Compounds

* 底人
* 底𫢗
* 底個 / 底个
* 底儂 / 底侬
* 底囝
* 底塊 / 底块 (diē-dó̤i)
* 底所
* 底時 / 底时

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): teh
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teh
*** Tâi-lô: teh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: deq
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /teʔ³²/

#### Definitions

底
* (Hokkien) Alternative form of 咧 (teh, “in the process of; currently”)
** 2024, “過路客”, in 蔡宜霖 (lyrics), 楊子兆 (music), 青花姐仔, performed by 黃妃 [Huang Fei]:
       ah, góa ê sim, ná teh lo̍h-seh [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Oh, my heart is like it's snowing

### References

* “底”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: たい (tai)
* Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
* Kun: そこ (soko, 底, Jōyō)、なんぞ (nanzo)
* Nanori: いたる (itaru)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 底
* そこ Grade: 4
* kun'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) そこ [sòkó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [so̞ko̞]

#### Noun

底(そこ) • (soko)
* the bottom
    底(そこ)に沈(しず)む
       soko ni shizumu
       sink to the bottom

##### Antonyms

* 頂(いただき) (itadaki, “top”)

##### Derived terms

* 二(に)重(じゅう)底(ぞこ) (nijūzoko, “double sole; double bottom”)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 底
* てい Grade: 4
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 底 (tej$^X$).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) てー [téꜜè] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [te̞ː]

#### Noun

底(てい) • (tei)
* base of a logarithm

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

底 • (jeo, ji) (hangeul 저, 지, revised jeo, ji, McCune–Reischauer chŏ, chi)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

底: Hán Nôm readings: để, đáy, đễ
* to place