低价位 (dī jià wèi) — low price range; low price level

Definition

Noun meaning 'low price range / low-end pricing tier' — refers to a band of prices rather than a single price, and is usually paired with 属于, 面向, or 在∼ for products or consumers in that tier.

noun
low price rangelow price level

Examples

  • 低价位。
    Zhè ge pǐn pái de shǒu jī shǔ yú dī jià wèi.
    This brand's phone belongs to the low price range.
  • 低价位。
    Wǒ men gōng sī zhǔ yào miàn xiàng dī jià wèi de xiāo fèi zhě.
    Our company mainly targets consumers in the low price range.
  • 低价位，。
    Zài dī jià wèi, zhè kuǎn chǎn pǐn de xìng jià bǐ hěn gāo.
    In the low price range, this product's cost performance is very high.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

低dīlow
价位price level
价jiàprice位wèilevel
偏正Modifier + head

'低' means low, '价' means price, and '位' means level; together they describe a low price level.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rénman, person
Sound part声符shēngfú
氐
氐dī低dī
Same sound today

In 低, the left side 亻 is a person, and the right side 氐 gives the sound; the image is a person lowering or bowing themselves.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
介
介jiè价jiè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
立
立lì位wèi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

位 combines 人 (man), related to people, with 立, which gives the sound. It was often simply written as 立.

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