- 底 dǐ: 底 di3: bottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record; (suffix) end of a year or month; (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3 shu4])底 de: 底 de5: (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
- splendid; gorgeous; dazzling
- lining
- to terrify; to scare sb
- to request help; to appeal (for help)
- method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability; trick; wile
- to hear of; to hear about
- soundless; silent
- tall building
- cement; CL:袋[dai4]
- pillar; CL:根[gen1]
- to pour (concrete etc)
- (idiom) fiends; devils; monsters
- sense of humor
- (loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
- (literary) quiet; calm; still; tranquil
- from childhood; from a young age
- to rain
- glass-reinforced plastic; fiberglass
- 钻 zuàn: 钻 zuan4: drill; auger; diamond钻 zuān: 钻 zuan1: to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain
- trembling; rustling
- to tremble; to shake; to shiver
- sound of rain
- at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth
- evil spirit; sneaky; secretive
- to steep (tea)
- common; ordinary; general; average
- quick-dissolving; instantly-ready; instant
- (loanword) coffee; CL:杯[bei1]
- to exclaim in admiration; a gasp of surprise
- elder brother
- inferior; shoddy; lousy; lame
- (name) Ali; Ali (c. 600–661), the fourth caliph of Islam; Alibaba, e-commerce company (abbr. for 阿里巴巴[A1 li3 ba1 ba1]); see 阿里地區|阿里地区[A1 li3 Di4 qu1]
- 阿 ā: 阿 a1: prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2]); also pr. [a4]阿 ē: 阿 e1: (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
- to stint; to be miserly