低谷

Chinese

		to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath	valley
trad. (低谷)		低	谷
simp. #(低谷)		低	谷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai¹ guk¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): di¹ gog⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: digǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹-ku³
    • Yale: dī-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diguu
    • Palladius: дигу (digu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai¹ guk¹
    • Yale: dāi gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai¹ guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei¹ gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯⁵⁵ kʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: di¹ gog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ti kok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³³⁻²³ kok̚²/

Noun

低谷

1. low-lying valley
2. (figurative) low point; all-time low; slump

Usage notes

In Chinese, 谷地 (gǔdì) is an umbrella term that can refer to any kind of valley; to be more specific, use the terms 山谷 (shāngǔ), 河谷 (hégǔ) and 低谷 (dīgǔ) to refer to mountain valleys, river valleys and low-lying valleys respectively.

See also

• 谷地 (gǔdì)
• 河谷 (hégǔ)
• 山谷 (shāngǔ)