1. noun bottom; base; end
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 海底 'seabed' (Guoyu '底' n 1; Han Dian '底' 1; Kroll 2015 '底' 1; NCCED '底' 1; Unihan '底')
  2. noun origin; the cause of a situation
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 根源 (Guoyu '底' n 2; Han Dian '底' 3; NCCED '底' 3)
  3. verb to stop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 底 has a similar meaning to 止 (Kroll 2015 '底' 2a)
  4. verb to arrive
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In this sense 底 has a similar meaning to 达到 (Guoyu '底' v 1; Han Dian '底' 6; Kroll 2015 '底' 2)
  5. verb underneath
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '底' 1a)
  6. noun a draft; an outline; a sketch
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 底 has a similar meaning to 草稿 or 原本 (Guoyu '底' n 4; NCCED '底' 4)
  7. noun end of month or year
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: As in 月底 or 年底 (Guoyu '底' n 3; Han Dian '底' 2; NCCED '底' 5)
  8. noun remnants
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '底' 6)
  9. noun background
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: As in background color by extension background information (Guoyu '底' n 5; Han Dian '底' 4; NCCED '底' 2)
  10. pronoun what
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Interrogative Pronoun 疑问代词
    Notes: In this sense 底 has a similar meaning to 什么 (Guoyu '底' pronoun; Han Dian '底' 5; Kroll 2015 '底' 3)
  11. adverb to lower; to droop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '底' 1a)
  12. de particle possessive particle
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Similar to 的 (Guoyu '底' particle; Han Dian '底' de)
  13. adjective a little deep; āgādha
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: āgādha, Japanese: tei (BCSD '底', p. 427; MW 'āgādha'; SH '底', p. 257; Unihan '底')

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