| 底 | 897A25 61.71-9 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄉㄧˇ [di3] | ||
| N. | ([di3zi0]) (1) Bottom, what is underneath: 筆底 style or power of writing, what flows from one's pen; 筐底，箱底 bottom of the basket, trunk; 鞋底 shoe sole; 釜底 bottom of cauldron; 河底 bottom of river; 根底 roots, foundation; 底細 [di3xi4]↓; 到底 after all, 31S.00; 底子 [di3zi0]↓. (2) End of period: 月底，年底 end of month, year. (3) Original of manuscript: 底稿; negative of photograph: 底片. | |||||
| Adj. | (MC oft. in Tarng, Schng poetry) what: 底事 what thing; 干卿底事 what has that to do with you; 底時 what time; 底處 what place (＝何). | |||||
| Part. | Used in place of 的 as particle sign of adj., affected by some modn. writers to imitate European languages: 金屬底 metallic, 亞細亞底 Asiatic; dist. from possessive part. 的 (我的，你的) and from 地 as adv. part. corresponding to Eng. "-ly" (快快地quickly)--usage among these imitators not established and not uniform, the three 的，底，地 being pr. alike as unaccented '[de1]. | |||||
| Words | 1. 底本 [di2ben3], n., cost (in cost accounting); original manuscript copy. 2. 底邊 [di3bian1], n., (math.) the base line, base side of a plane figure. 3. 底定 [di3ding4], v.t., have rebellion suppressed and order restored. 4. 底根兒 [di3ge1er0], adv., (also Peking dial. [di4ge1er0]) originally, at heart: 底根兒就不願意來 at heart he never wanted to come anyway. 5. 底理 [di2li3]1, n., the basic reason or situation: 剖析底理 analyze the true reason, see [di3li3]2↓. 6. 底裡 [di2li3]2, n., the inside, true situation. 7. 底面 [di3mian4], n., underneath surface; (math.) base. 8. 底片 [di3pian4], n., photographic negative. 9. 底下人 [di3xia4ren2], n., servants in gen. 10. 底細 [di3xi4], n., the inside situation or details: 不知底細 do not know the inside details. 11. 底薪 [di3xin1], n., basic salary. 12. 底冊 [di3ce4], n., office copy of records. 13. 底子 [di3zi0], n., (1) background, foundation of schooling: 學問有底子 (s. o.) has good grounding in knowledge; (2) draft of manuscript; 打底子 make a draft; (3) base coating of paint, etc; (4) commissions: 底子錢 established percentage received by domestics in purchase of goods. 14. 底蘊 [di3yUn4], n., inner secret. | |||||