低垂 (dī chuí) — to droop, to hang low | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to droopto hang low

低垂，。
Dào suì dī chuí zhe tóu, fǎng fú zài sī kǎo shén me.
The rice ears drooped their heads as if thinking about something.
，低垂。
Jīng guò yì tiān de láo lèi, tā de yǎn lián dī chuí le xià lái.
After a day of fatigue, his eyelids drooped down.
低垂，。
Liǔ zhī zài hé biān dī chuí, shuǐ miàn dàng qǐ le lián yī.
Willow branches hung low by the river, ripples spreading on the water surface.

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 (low) and 垂 (hang) combine to mean hang low or droop.

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.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

垂 combines 𠂹 and 土 to draw flowers hanging down from a plant.