底 dǐ▶ đáy

Stroke order

底 is written in 8 strokes.

• 底

Senses

1. bottom; base
2. background; foundation
3. copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record
4. (suffix) end of a year or month

Example sentences

• 钥匙在包的底下。Yàoshi zài bāo de dǐ xià.The key is at the bottom of the bag.
• 这个月底我要考试。Zhège yuè dǐ wǒ yào kǎoshì.I have an exam at the end of this month.

Related words

• 到底Đến cùng
• 彻底kỹ lưỡng
• 归根到底mọi lúc mọi nơi

底 is pronounced dǐ and means “đáy”. It belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 底 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.