底
层

Ground or first floor in Chinese: 底层 (dǐ céng)

dǐ céng

ground or first floor

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 底層1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1ground or first floor
  2. 2bottom (of a pile)
  3. 3lowest rung (of society)

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底
层

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄧˇ

dǐ

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄘㄥˊ

céng

ㄘ/ cㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

底层

Simplified

底層

Traditional

Example sentences

See 底层 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这栋楼的底层是一家超市。

    zhè dòng lóu de dǐ céng shì yì jiā chāo shì。

    The ground floor of this building is a supermarket.

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Related words

层

céng

to pile on top of one another

底

dǐ

background

到底

dào dǐ

finally

彻底

chè dǐ

thorough

底下

dǐ xia

the location below sth

年底

nián dǐ

the end of the year

月底

yuè dǐ

end of the month

层次

céng cì

layer

层面

céng miàn

aspect

高层

gāo céng

high-rise

海底

hǎi dǐ

seabed

底线

dǐ xiàn

bottom line

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