底層

See also: 底层

Chinese

		background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)	layer; floor; a measure word for layers layer; floor; a measure word for layers; laminated; repeated; story (of a building); (maths) sheaf
trad. (底層)		底	層
simp. (底层)		底	层

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǐcéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˇ ㄘㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai² cang⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tóe-chân / té-chân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): doi² zang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǐcéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ ㄘㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǐcéng
    • Wade–Giles: ti³-tsʻêng²
    • Yale: dǐ-tséng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diitserng
    • Palladius: дицэн (dicɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai² cang⁴
    • Yale: dái chàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai² tsang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei² ceng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tóe-chân
    • Tâi-lô: tué-tsân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doefzaan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡san²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡san²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: té-chân
    • Tâi-lô: té-tsân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defzaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡san¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡san²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡san²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: doi² zang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tói tsâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡saŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

底層

1. ground floor; first floor (US)
2. bottom (of a pile); lowest rung (of society)
3. (linguistics) substrate

Adjective

底層

1. (attributive) underlying; basic; fundamental

   底層邏輯／底层逻辑  ―  dǐcéng luójí  ―  underlying logic

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (底層):

• → Korean: 저층(底層) (jeocheung)