底价 (dǐ jià) — minimum price, base price

Definition

noun

minimum pricebase price

Examples

底价。
Pāi mài pǐn de dǐ jià dìng wéi yì bǎi wàn yuán.
The reserve price of the auction item is set at one million yuan.
底价。
Zhè ge xiàng mù de dǐ jià yǐ jīng gōng kāi le.
The base price for this project has already been made public.
，底价。
Tā men shāng liang le bàn tiān, zhōng yú què dìng le dǐ jià.
They discussed for a long time and finally settled on 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.

底dǐbottom

价jiàprice

底价 is the 底价, the bottom price, the lowest acceptable amount.

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.

广氐底

Meaning part形符xíngfú

广广guǎngbuilding

Sound part声符shēngfú

氐

氐dī底dǐ

Same sound today

底 pairs 广 (building) with 氐, pointing to the bottom or foundation of a building. Some read 氐 as a bowing figure or tree root, adding a sense of 'down'.

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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.

人介价

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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