How common it is
低 appears often in everyday Chinese, so it is worth practicing early and reviewing often.
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Pronunciation focus
Say dī slowly first, then repeat it in a short phrase. Listen for the tone shape.
Usage note
这个字‘低’可以用来描述位置或者程度。比如，你可以用它来形容声音的大小、物品的高度等。
zhège zì ‘dī’ kě yǐ lái sù dé wèi zhī huò qíng dù 。rúkǒu ， nǐ kě yǐ yòng tā de méi yǒu 、 wén shēng de dà xiǎo 、 wù pǐn de gāo dī 等。
This character ‘低’ can be used to describe positions or degrees. For example, you can use it to describe the size of a sound, the height of an item, etc.
Context note
这个字常用于描述声音的大小、物品的高度或者比较两个事物的程度。比如，你可以说‘这首歌的声音很低’或‘他的声音比我的低’。
zhège zì cháng yòng lái sù dé wèi zhī huò qíng dù 、 wù pǐn de gāo dī huò qiě bǐ jiǎng èr gè shì wù de dù jì 。 rúkǒu ， nǐ kě yǐ shuō ‘zhè gē gēn shēng de dī ’ huò ‘tā de shēng qì bǐ wǒ de dī’ 。
This word is commonly used to describe the size of a sound, the height of an item, or compare the degree between two things. For example, you can say '这首歌的声音很低' (The voice of this song is very low) or '他的声音比我的低' (His voice is lower than mine).
5 examples
这首歌的声音很低。
zhè shǒu gē de shēng yīn hěn dī。
This song has a very low voice.
这个球踢得低了点。
zhè ge qiú tī dé dī le diǎn。
You kicked the ball too low.
他的声音比我的低。
tā de shēng yīn bǐ wǒ de dī。
His voice is lower than mine.
这棵树长得比较矮，所以看起来很低。
zhè kē shù cháng dé bǐ jiào ǎi， suǒ yǐ kàn qǐ lái hěn dī。
This tree grows relatively short, so it looks very low.
这个箱子放得有点低了。
zhè ge xiāng zǐ fàng dé yǒu diǎn dī le。
You put the box a bit too low.
5 mini stories
小明的妈妈让他把书包放在桌子上，但桌子很低，小明只好把它放在地上。
xiǎo míng de mā mā ràng tā bǎ shū bāo fàng zài zhuō zi shàng， dàn zhuō zi hěn dī， xiǎo míng zhǐ hǎo bǎ tā fàng zài dì shàng。
Mum asked Xiao Ming to put his schoolbag on the table, but the table was very low. So he had to place it on the ground.
老师让同学们把声音放低一点，这样大家都能听清楚。
lǎo shī ràng tóng xué men bǎ shēng yīn fàng dī yì diǎn， zhè yàng dà jiā dōu néng tīng qīng chǔ。
The teacher asked the students to lower their voices a bit so everyone could hear clearly.
小红的妈妈说她的声音有点太高了，需要降低一些。
xiǎo hóng de mā ma shuō tā de shēng yīn yǒu diǎn tài gāo le， xū yào jiàng dī yì xiē。
Xiaohong's mum said her voice was too high and needed to be lowered a little.
他们比赛时，对方队伍的得分比我们队低很多。
tā men bǐ sài shí， duì fāng duì wu de dé fēn bǐ wǒ men duì dī hěn duō。
In the match, their team scored much lower than ours.
这个房间的高度很低，所以天花板看起来很高。
zhè ge fáng jiān de gāo dù hěn dī， suǒ yǐ tiān huā bǎn kàn qǐ lái hěn gāo。
The height of this room is very low, so the ceiling looks high.