低 (dī) means Low (droop). Below are 23 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
今天的气温比昨天 低 。
Jīntiān de qìwēn bǐ zuótiān dī.
Today the temperature is lower than yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 低
他 低 着头，一句话也不说。
Tā dī zhe tóu, yí jù huà yě bù shuō.
He lowered his head and said nothing.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 低
运输的费用不 低 。
Yùnshū de fèiyòng bù dī.
The transport costs are not low.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 运输
这家店降 低 了价格。
Zhè jiā diàn jiàngdī le jiàgé.
This shop has lowered its prices.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 降低
这笔钱的利息很 低 。
Zhè bǐ qián de lìxī hěn dī.
The interest on this money is very low.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 利息
晚上气温降 低 了不少。
Wǎnshang qìwēn jiàngdī le bù shǎo.
The temperature dropped quite a lot at night.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 降低
海拔越高，气温越 低 。
Hǎibá yuè gāo, qìwēn yuè dī.
The higher the altitude, the lower the temperature.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 海拔
她在角落里 低 声哭泣。
Tā zài jiǎoluò lǐ dīshēng kūqì.
She wept quietly in the corner.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哭泣
高山上的气压比较 低 。
Gāoshān shang de qìyā bǐjiào dī.
Air pressure is lower high in the mountains.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 气压
价格 低 了，利润也少了。
Jiàgé dī le, lìrùn yě shǎo le.
The price fell and so did the profit.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 利润
长时间 低 头对颈椎不好。
Cháng shíjiān dītóu duì jǐngzhuī bù hǎo.
Looking down for long periods is bad for the neck.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 颈椎
这台机器消耗的电量很 低 。
Zhè tái jīqì xiāohào de diànliàng hěn dī.
This machine consumes very little electricity.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 消耗
公司为了降 低 成本开始裁员。
Gōngsī wèile jiàngdī chéngběn kāishǐ cáiyuán.
The company began laying off staff in order to cut costs.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 裁员
降 低 成本是这次改革的重点。
Jiàngdī chéngběn shì zhè cì gǎigé de zhòngdiǎn.
Cutting costs is the focus of this reform.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 成本
不要为了抬高自己而贬 低 别人。
Bú yào wèile táigāo zìjǐ ér biǎndī biéren.
Don't belittle others in order to raise yourself up.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贬低
他没有辩解，只是 低 着头听着。
Tā méiyǒu biànjiě, zhǐshì dīzhe tóu tīngzhe.
He offered no excuses and simply listened with his head down.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辩解
政府给 低 收入家庭发放住房补贴。
Zhèngfǔ gěi dī shōurù jiātíng fāfàng zhùfáng bǔtiē.
The government pays a housing allowance to low-income families.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 补贴
这套房子以 低 于市价的价格成交。
Zhè tào fángzi yǐ dī yú shìjià de jiàgé chéngjiāo.
This flat was sold at below the market price.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 成交
价格降 低 销量就上升，反之亦然。
Jiàgé jiàngdī xiāoliàng jiù shàngshēng, fǎnzhī yìrán.
Lower the price and sales rise, and vice versa.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 反之
他总是贬 低 自己的成绩，其实做得很好。
Tā zǒngshì biǎndī zìjǐ de chéngjì, qíshí zuò de hěn hǎo.
He always plays down his own achievements, though he has done very well.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贬低
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From the graded readers
我一 低 头就摔倒了。
wǒ yī dītóu jiù shuāidǎo le / liǎo / liào.
Every time I looked down, I fell.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
From the travel phrasebook
最 低 了，不能再少了。
Zuì dī le, bù néng zài shǎo le.
That's my lowest, I can't go lower.
Travel phrasebook · Shopping and bargaining
Words that contain 低
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 低
How is 低 used in a sentence?
This page shows 23 sentences using 低 (dī, "Low (droop)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 低 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 低 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 低 an HSK word?
Yes — 低 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 低?
The dictionary page for 低 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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