底 - Mandarin word #5169

底

dǐ

Traditional: 底

#5169 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

bottom, base; on earth (bound)

Stroke order

底

？

What on earth do you want?

？

Who on earth is he?

？

What on earth happened?

鱼yú。

There are many fish at the bottom of the water.

。

I will give you the money at the end of the month.

底 (dǐ) means bottom or base; in conversation you mostly hear it in 到底 (dàodǐ), meaning on earth or after all.

到底

after all, in the end, on earth

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 底.

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This word is part of lesson 104.