次 cì next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn 受 shòu to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom syn 分 fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn 子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn 屁股 pì gu buttocks / bottom / butt / back part syn 究竟 jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result syn 亚 亞 yà second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3] syn 底线 底線 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant syn 海底 hǎi dǐ seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean 上下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less syn 心底 xīn dǐ bottom of one's heart syn 扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn 底部 dǐ bù bottom syn 分局 fēn jú branch office / sub-bureau 查清 chá qīng to find out / to ascertain / to get to the bottom of / to clarify syn 彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom syn 满心 滿心 mǎn xīn one's whole heart / from the bottom of one's heart syn 水底 shuǐ dǐ the bottom of a body of water 肺腑 fèi fǔ bottom of the heart (fig.) syn 穷尽 窮盡 qióng jìn to use up / to exhaust / to probe to the bottom / limit / end syn 条目 條目 tiáo mù clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc) syn 下行 xià xíng (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom syn 底子 dǐ zi base / foundation / bottom syn 追根 zhuī gēn to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth syn 身长 身長 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) syn 寻根 尋根 xún gēn to seek one's roots / to get to the bottom of a matter 锅巴 鍋巴 guō bā guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan) syn 井底之蛙 jǐng dǐ zhī wā lit. a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom) / fig. a person of limited outlook and experience syn 底限 dǐ xiàn lowest limit / bottom line syn 街头巷尾 街頭巷尾 jiē tóu xiàng wěi top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city syn 肺腑之言 fèi fǔ zhī yán words from the bottom of one's heart syn 拍马 拍馬 pāi mǎ to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady 坐井观天 坐井觀天 zuò jǐng guān tiān lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) / ignorant and narrow-minded syn 根底 gēn dǐ foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause syn 溜须拍马 溜鬚拍馬 liū xū pāi mǎ to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom) / to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking syn 心坎 xīn kǎn bottom of one's heart syn 自下而上 zì xià ér shàng bottom-up 倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats) 屁屁 pì pi (child's term) buttocks / bottom 龙宫 龍宮 lóng gōng palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea syn 分项 分項 fēn xiàng sub-item (of program) 分会场 分會場 fēn huì chǎng sub-venues 底面 dǐ miàn bottom / bottom side / bottom surface 底端 dǐ duān bottom / bottom side / end part 纵贯 縱貫 zòng guàn lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom) syn 中轴 中軸 zhōng zhóu axis / (bicycle) bottom bracket 副省级 副省級 fù shěng jí sub-provincial (not provincial status, but independent) 脚轮 腳輪 jiǎo lún caster (attached to the bottom of furniture, trolleys etc) 同知 tóng zhī government sub-prefect (old) 打屁股 dǎ pì gu to spank sb's bottom 底 dǐ bottom / base / background / foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix / base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3shu4]) syn 摆 擺 bǎi hem (at the bottom of a garment) syn 刨根问底 刨根問底 páo gēn wèn dǐ to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 海床 hǎi chuáng seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean 抓斗 抓鬥 grab sampler / bottom grab / grab / snapper 下装 下裝 xià zhuāng to take off costume and makeup / bottom garment (trousers etc) syn 南京市 nán jīng shì Nanjing, sub-provincial city and capital of Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1su1 Sheng3] 次生 cì shēng derivative / secondary / sub- 追根问底 追根問底 zhuī gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 尾大不掉 wěi dà bù diào large tail obstructs action (idiom) / bottom heavy / fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates 盘根问底 盤根問底 pán gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 盘根究底 盤根究底 pán gēn jiū dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 询根问底 詢根問底 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 追根溯源 zhuī gēn sù yuán to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth 颜面扫地 顏面掃地 yán miàn sǎo dì lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom) 釜底游鱼 釜底游魚 jǐn dǐ yóu yú a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom) / in a desperate situation 穷则思变 窮則思變 qióng zé sī biàn (idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach 釜底游鱼 釜底游魚 fǔ dǐ yóu yú a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom) / in a desperate situation 多道地震剖面测量系统 多道地震剖面測量系統 multichannel seismic profiling system / MCS profiling system 海底特征 seabed characteristics / bottom characteristics / seabed types / nature of the bottom / character of the bottom 高分辨率海底剖面仪 高分辨率海底剖面儀 high-resolution sub-bottom profiler 海底剖面仪 海底剖面儀 sub-bottom profiler 两性平等和人道主义行动工作分组 Sub-Working Group on Gender and Humanitarian Action / Gender Sub-Working Group 装甲运兵车分队 裝甲運兵車分隊 armoured personnel carriers sub-unit / APCs sub-unit 准备和应急规划工作分组 準備和應急規劃工作分組 Sub-Working Group on Preparedness and Contingency Planning / IASC Sub-Working Group on Preparedness and Contingency Planning 垂直地震剖面 vertical seismic profiling 双船地震扩展排列 expanding spread profiling / expanded spread 剖面探测浮子 profiling float 绘制激光剖面图 huì zhì jī guāng pōu miàn tú laser profiling 微波剖面图 wēi bō pōu miàn tú microwave profiling 种族定性 種族定性 racial profiling 种族貌相 種族貌相 racial profiling 旅客特征资料 旅客特征資料 passenger profiling 剪切波剖面 shear wave profiling 偏移垂直地震剖面 offset vertical seismic profiling / offset VSP 剖面探测 剖面探測 profiling DNA图谱绘制 DNA圖譜繪制 DNA profiling 药物特性说明 藥物特性說明 drug profiling 货品简介 貨品簡介 profiling of goods 侧写 側寫 cè xiě to profile / profile / (offender) profiling 下齿 下齒 xià chǐ bottom teeth 下至上 xià zhì shàng bottom to top 自下而上的加工 zì xià ér shàng de jiā gōng bottom-up processing 椳 wēi the pivots, at the top and bottom of a Chinese door, on which the door turns 下而上 xià ér shàng bottom to top (of listing) 低速挡 低速擋 dī sù dǎng low gear / bottom gear 出自肺腑 chū zì fèi fǔ from the bottom of one's heart (idiom) 寻根问底 尋根問底 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 底夸克 dǐ kuā kè bottom quark (particle physics) 