低位 (dī wèi) — low position, low level; low (in price, value,…

Definition

noun

low positionlow levellow (in price, value, or ranking)

低位，。
Tā zài gōng sī lǐ chǔ yú dī wèi, hěn nán dé dào jìn shēng jī huì.
He is in a low position in the company and has little chance of promotion.
低位，。
Zhè zhǒng gǔ piào mù qián chǔ yú dī wèi, kě yǐ kǎo lǜ mǎi rù.
This stock is currently at a low level; you might consider buying.
，低位。
Lán qiú bǐ sài zhōng, tā lì yòng dī wèi yōu shì qiǎng dào le lán bǎn qiú.
In the basketball game, he used his low position advantage to grab the rebound.

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.

位wèiposition

低 (low) and 位 (position) combine to mean a low position or 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.

亻氐低

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.

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

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.