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The Cantonese word dai - 底 - dai2
(bottom in Cantonese)

Deutsche Übersetzung von daiDeutschDeutsche Übersetzung
Traduction française de daiFrançaisTraduction française
Traducción española dedaiEspañolTraducción española




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Romanization (Jyutping)

dai2

English translations

bottom, background"Why are some translations grayed out?"
Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character that cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Cantonese translation for "must" is not 必 but 必须.,
base, foundation"Why are some translations grayed out?"
Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character that cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Cantonese translation for "must" is not 必 but 必须.

Chinese character (simplified) and stroke order animation"How do I write 底 ( dai2 ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules ensures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
底
The traditional Chinese characters of dai2 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character 

底 is composed of 8 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

thorough  |  after all
底 ( dai / dai2 ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 557)
Example words containing the character 底 ( dai / dai2 )
cit3 dai2 ( 彻底 ), dai2 dak6 leot6 ( 底特律 ), dai2 gaak3 lei5 si1 ho4 ( 底格里斯河 ), dai2 haa6 ( 底下 ), dou3 dai2 ( 到底 ), nok6 maan6 dai2 ( 诺曼底 )
Other characters that are pronounced dai2 in Cantonese
提 (to suggest)
More words that mean bottom in Cantonese
pei3 gu2 ( 屁股 )

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