最低价 (zuì dī jià) — lowest possible price, minimum price

Definition

noun
lowest possible priceminimum price

Examples

  • 最低价。
    Zhè jiā shāng diàn de zuì dī jià shì wǔ shí yuán.
    The lowest price at this store is fifty yuan.
  • 最低价。
    Wǒ men zhèng zài xún zhǎo shì chǎng shàng de zuì dī jià.
    We are looking for the lowest price on the market.
  • ，最低价。
    Pāi mài huì shàng, zhè jiàn yì shù pǐn yǐ zuì dī jià chéng jiāo.
    At the auction, this artwork was sold at the minimum price.

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.

最低lowest
最zuìmost低dīlow
偏正Modifier + head
价jiàprice

最 gives most, 低 gives low, and 价 gives price, meaning the price that is lowest.

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
取
取qǔ最zuì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape pairs 取, which gives the sound, with a roof-like top from 宀; marks above were later added to separate the “most” meaning.

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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
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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