HSK 4 · Adjectives

低 dī “low” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 低 means

  1. low
  2. to lower (one’s head)
  3. beneath
  4. to let droop
  5. to hang down
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to incline

How to say 低

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale低dī1st tone, high and level

低 in a sentence

  1. 教师的工资比律师低。

    Jiàoshī de gōngzī bǐ lǜshī dī.

    A teacher’s salary is lower than a lawyer’s.

    Sentence #348889 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我觉得这张桌子低了点。

    Wǒ juéde zhè zhāng zhuōzi dī le diǎn.

    I think this desk is a bit low.

    Sentence #492924 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 她总是低声地说话。

    Tā zǒngshì dīshēng de shuōhuà.

    She always speaks in a low voice.

    Sentence #891741 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 低 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 低 (dī) with each of its parts in a different colour
低dīlow
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 氐the name of an ancient tribe · dǐSound part

How to write 低

低 7 strokes

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低 (dī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 低 (dī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 低

Words with 低

降低jiàngdī · to reduce贬低biǎndī · to belittle

More words: Adjectives

笨bèn · stupid标准biāozhǔn · standard诚实chéngshí · honest粗心cūxīn · careless丰富fēngfù · to enrich复杂fùzá · complicated富fù · rich干gān · dry

FAQs

低 (dī) means “low” or “to lower (one’s head)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it dī: dī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 低 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type di with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 低 from the suggestions. Typing di into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
低 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.