底 dǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- Made of
- 广 broad, vast, wide 氐 the name of an ancient tribe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
底子
dǐzi
foundation; basic condition
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他英语底子很好，学法语也不难。 Tā Yīngyǔ dǐzi hěn hǎo, xué Fǎyǔ yě bù nán. He has a strong grounding in English, so learning French is not hard for him.
- 她的身体底子不错，感冒两天就好了。 Tā de shēntǐ dǐzi búcuò, gǎnmào liǎng tiān jiù hǎo le. She is physically sturdy, and her cold was gone in two days.
- 这双鞋的底子很厚，走远路也不累。 Zhè shuāng xié de dǐzi hěn hòu, zǒu yuǎn lù yě bú lèi. These shoes have thick soles, so long walks don't tire you out.
Related words
- 到底 dàodǐ really (for emphasis in questions)
- 底下 dǐxia under; below
- 年底 niándǐ end of the year
- 彻底 chèdǐ thoroughly
- 底 dǐ bottom
- 月底 yuèdǐ end of the month
- 心底 xīndǐ bottom of the heart
- 底层 dǐcéng lowest level; grassroots; underlying layer
- 底线 dǐxiàn bottom line; baseline
- 底蕴 dǐyùn depth; accumulated heritage
- 垫底 diàndǐ to rank last; to be at the bottom
- 功底 gōngdǐ foundation of skill; basic training