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1
3
basement
3
basement
Pronunciation
Pronunciation
3
Description
This tone is low. It falls just a smidgen, and may sound creaky due to its low pitch.
Association
Association
basement
Explanation
The third, low tone is naturally associated with the lowest part of any given place: the
[3] basement
.
Found In Hanzi
bǎi
百
hundred
běi
北
north
běn
本
notebook
bǐ
比
to compare
chǎng
場
site
dǎ
打
to strike
děng
等
etc
diǎn
點
spot
gěi
給
to give
guǎn
館
building
guǒ
果
fruit
hǎo
好
good
hěn
很
very
huǒ
火
fire
jǐ
幾
several
jiě
姐
older sister
jiǔ
九
nine
kǎo
考
exam
kě
渴
thirsty
kǒu
口
mouth
lǎo
老
old age
lěng
冷
cold
lǐ
裡
inside
liǎng
兩
two
mǎ
馬
horse
mǎi
買
to buy
mǐ
米
rice
nǎ
哪
which
nǎi
奶
milk
nǎo
腦
brain
nǐ
你
you
nǚ
女
woman
pǎo
跑
to run
qǐ
起
to begin
qǐng
請
to invite
shǎo
少
few
shǒu
手
hand
shuǐ
水
water
tǐ
體
body
wǎn
晚
late
wǎng
網
net
wǒ
我
I
wǔ
五
five
wǔ
午
noon
xǐ
洗
to wash
xǐ
喜
joy
xiǎng
想
to think
xiǎo
小
small
xiě
寫
to write
yě
也
also
yǐng
影
shadow
yǒu
友
friend
yǒu
有
to possess
yǔ
雨
rain
yǔ
語
language
yuǎn
遠
distant
zǎo
早
early
zěn
怎
how
zhǎo
找
to look for
zhǔn
準
standard
zǐ
子
child
zǒu
走
walk
zuǒ
左
left
bǎn
板
board
bǎo
飽
sated
bǐ
筆
pen
biǎo
表
surface
cǎo
草
grass
chǔ
楚
clear
dǎo
倒
to topple
diǎn
典
canon
dǒng
懂
to understand
duǎn
短
short
fǎ
法
method
gǎi
改
to alter
gǎn
感
to feel
gǒu
狗
dog
guǎng
廣
extensive
hǎi
海
sea
hǎn
喊
to yell
jǐ
己
self
jiǎn
檢
to examine
jiǎng
講
to lecture
jiǎo
角
horn
jiǎo
餃
dumpling
jiǎo
腳
foot
jiǔ
久
long time
jiǔ
酒
alcohol
jǔ
舉
to lift up
kǎ
卡
card
kě
可
can
lǐ
禮
ceremony
lǐ
理
logic
liǎn
臉
face
lǚ
旅
to travel
mǎn
滿
full
niǎo
鳥
bird
nǔ
努
to toil
pǔ
普
universal
qiě
且
moreover
qǔ
取
to take
shěng
省
to economize
shǐ
使
to use
suǒ
所
place
tǎo
討
to discuss
tiě
鐵
iron
tǐng
挺
to erect
tuǐ
腿
leg
wǎn
碗
bowl
wǎng
往
toward
xiǎng
響
echo
xǔ
許
to permit
xuǎn
選
to choose
xuě
雪
snow
yǎn
眼
eye
yǎng
養
to raise
yǐ
已
already
yǐ
以
to use
yǐ
椅
chair
yǒng
永
eternity
zǎo
澡
bath
zhě
者
one who
zhǐ
只
only
zhǐ
紙
paper
zhǔ
主
master
zǔ
組
group
zuǐ
嘴
mouth
bǎ
把
to grasp
bǎo
保
to protect
bǔ
補
to patch
cǎi
採
to pick
cǎi
彩
color
chǎn
產
products
chǎng
廠
factory
chǎo
吵
noisy
chǔ
礎
foundation
cǐ
此
this
dǎo
導
to guide
dǐ
底
bottom
fǎn
反
opposite
fǎng
訪
to visit
fǒu
否
to negate
gǎn
趕
to hurry
gǎn
敢
to dare
gǔ
古
ancient
guǎn
管
pipe
jiǎn
簡
simple
jiě
解
to untie
jǐn
僅
merely
jǐn
緊
tight
jǐng
景
scenery
jǐng
警
police
kǒng
恐
to fear
kǔ
苦
bitter
lǐ
李
plum
lǐng
領
collar
měi
每
every
měi
美
beautiful
mǒu
某
certain
mǔ
母
mother
nuǎn
暖
warm
pǐn
品
goods
qiǎo
巧
skillful
shǐ
始
to start
shǒu
首
head
shǔ
屬
to belong to
sǐ
死
death
tǔ
土
soil
wěi
偉
great
wǔ
武
military
wǔ
舞
dance
xiǎn
顯
obvious
xiǎn
險
dangerous
xiě
血
blood
yǎn
演
to perform
yǒng
泳
to swim
zhǎn
展
to unfold
zhěng
整
entire
zhǐ
止
to stop
zhǐ
指
finger
zhǒng
種
species
zhuǎn
轉
to turn
zǒng
總
overall
ǎi
矮
short
bǎi
擺
to arrange
bǎo
寶
treasure
chǐ
尺
ruler
dǐng
頂
top
dǒu
斗
measuring cup
dǔ
堵
to block up
ěr
耳
ear
fǔ
府
government office
fǔ
腐
rotten
gǔ
骨
bone
guǒ
裹
to wrap
huǎn
緩
unhurried
huǒ
伙
companion
jiǎn
減
to reduce
jiǎng
獎
award
liǎ
倆
duo
mǎ
碼
number
miǎn
免
to avoid
qiǎn
淺
shallow
sǎn
傘
umbrella
sǎo
掃
to sweep
shǎn
閃
flash
shǎng
賞
reward
shǐ
史
history
shǒu
守
to guard
shǔ
暑
heat
tǎng
躺
to lie down
tǒng
統
to unite
wěi
尾
tail
wěn
穩
stable
xǐng
醒
to awaken
yǐn
引
to draw
yǒng
勇
courageous
yǔ
與
offer
zhǐ
址
address
zǔ
阻
to block
bǎn
版
printing plate
bǐ
彼
the other
bǐng
餅
round flat cake
chǒu
丑
clown
chuǎng
闖
to rush
dǎn
膽
gall bladder
dǎng
擋
to block
duǒ
朵
earlobe
duǒ
躲
dodge
ěr
爾
thus
fǎn
返
to go back
fǎng
仿
mimic
fǔ
輔
supplement
gǎo
搞
to do
gǔ
鼓
drum
guǐ
鬼
ghost
gǔn
滾
to roll
hǔ
虎
tiger
huǐ
悔
repent
jǐ
擠
to squeeze
jiǎ
甲
armor
jiǎn
剪
scissors
kǎo
烤
to roast
kěn
肯
to agree
kuǎn
款
funds
lǎn
覽
to look at
lǎng
朗
bright
miǎo
秒
second
mǐn
敏
agile
ǒu
偶
idol
pǐ
匹
match
qǐ
啟
to open
qiǎng
搶
to rob
qiǎo
悄
silent
rǎn
染
to dye
rǎo
擾
to harass
rěn
忍
to endure
ruǎn
軟
soft
sǎ
灑
to sprinkle
shǎ
傻
stupid
shǐ
駛
to drive
shǔ
鼠
mouse
sǔn
損
damage
suǒ
索
rope
suǒ
鎖
lock
tǎn
坦
level
tǔ
吐
to spit
wěi
委
committee
xiǎng
享
to enjoy
yǎo
咬
to bite
yǐ
乙
second
yǐn
飲
beverage
yǒng
擁
to embrace
yǔ
羽
feathers
zǐ
仔
meticulous
zhǎng
掌
palm
zhěn
診
to diagnose
zǐ
紫
purple
bǎng
榜
roster
biǎn
扁
flat
bǔ
捕
to catch
cǎi
踩
step on
cǎn
慘
wretched
chǎo
炒
stir-fry
chǒng
寵
pamper
dǎng
黨
political party
dǎng
檔
files
dǎo
島
island
dǎo
蹈
tread
dǐ
抵
to resist
dǔ
賭
to gamble
fěn
粉
powder
gǎn
桿
shaft
gǎng
崗
hillock
gǎng
港
harbor
gǎo
稿
draft
gǒng
鞏
to consolidate
gǔ
谷
valley
gǔ
股
thigh
guǎi
拐
to turn
guǐ
軌
rails
hěn
狠
ruthless
huǐ
毀
ruin
jiǎn
撿
pick up
jǐng
井
well
lǎn
懶
lazy
měng
猛
fierce
niǔ
扭
to twist
rǔ
乳
breast
shěn
審
examine
shǔ
薯
potato
shuǎng
爽
refreshing
tǎ
塔
pagoda
wǔ
伍
five
xiǎo
曉
dawn
yǎng
仰
to look up
yǎng
氧
oxygen
yě
野
wild
yǐn
隱
hidden
yǔ
予
bestow
yǔ
宇
eaves
yǔn
允
consent
zhǒng
腫
swollen
zhǔ
煮
boil
zǔ
祖
ancestor
ǎi
藹
friendly
bǎ
靶
target
bǎng
綁
tie
bǎo
堡
fort
bǐ
鄙
low
biǎn
貶
devalue
bǐng
丙
third
bǐng
秉
grasp
bǐng
柄
handle
bǔ
卜
divination
bǔ
哺
to feed
cǎi
睬
notice
chǎn
鏟
shovel
chǎn
闡
expound
chǎng
敞
spacious
chě
扯
yank
chěng
逞
flaunt
chǐ
齒
teeth
chǐ
侈
extravagant
chǐ
恥
shame
chǒu
瞅
look at
chuǎi
揣
conjecture
chuǎn
喘
gasp
chǔn
蠢
clumsy
dǎi
歹
evil
dǎi
逮
to arrest
dǎo
搗
pound
dǎo
禱
to pray
dǐng
鼎
cauldron
dǒng
董
director
dǒu
抖
tremble
dǒu
陡
steep
dǔ
睹
see
dǔn
盹
nap
ěr
餌
bait
fǎng
紡
spin
fěi
匪
bandit
fěi
誹
to slander
fǔ
撫
to comfort
fǔ
斧
axe
fǔ
俯
to bow
gěng
耿
dedicated
gǒng
拱
arch
guǎ
寡
widow
hǎn
罕
rare
hǒng
哄
coax
hǒu
吼
roar
hǔ
唬
bluff
huǎng
恍
suddenly
huǎng
謊
lie
jǐ
脊
backbone
gǔ
賈
merchant
jiǎn
揀
select
jiǎn
柬
letter
jiǎn
儉
frugal
jiǎng
槳
oar
jiǎo
狡
crafty
jiǎo
絞
twist
jiǎo
矯
to rectify
jiǎo
攪
stir
jiǎo
繳
hand over
jǐn
錦
brocade
jǐn
謹
careful
jǐng
阱
pitfall
jǐng
頸
neck
jiǒng
窘
poor
jiǔ
灸
moxibustion
jǔ
沮
stop
jǔ
矩
square
kǎi
凱
triumphant
kǎi
慨
indignant
kǎi
楷
model
kǎn
侃
upright
kǎn
砍
to chop
kǎn
檻
threshold
kěn
墾
reclaim land
kěn
懇
earnest
kěn
啃
nibble
kǒng
孔
hole
kuǎ
垮
collapse
kǔn
捆
bundle
lǎ
喇
horn
lǎn
攬
take on
lǎn
纜
cable
lǎo
姥
maternal grandmother
lěi
壘
rampart
lěi
磊
pile of stones
lěi
蕾
flower bud
liǎn
斂
restrain
lǎo
潦
heavy rain
liě
咧
grin
lǐng
嶺
mountain range
liǔ
柳
willow
lǒng
攏
draw near
lǒng
壟
ridge
lǒu
摟
hug
lǔ
滷
thick gravy
lǔ
虜
captive
lǔ
魯
rude
lǚ
呂
spine
lǚ
侶
associate
lǚ
鋁
aluminum
lǚ
屢
repeatedly
lǚ
縷
thread
lǚ
履
shoe
luǎn
卵
eggs
luǒ
裸
naked
mǎng
莽
rude
miǎn
勉
strive
miǎn
緬
distant
miǎo
渺
insignificant
mǒ
抹
to smear
mǔ
牡
male
mǔ
畝
Chinese acre
mǔ
姆
nanny
nǎi
乃
only then
nǎo
惱
annoyed
něi
餒
discourage
nǐ
擬
devise
nǐng
擰
to twist
niǔ
紐
knob
ǒu
嘔
to vomit
bǎng
膀
upper arm
pěng
捧
hold with both hands
pǒu
剖
to cut open
pǔ
浦
riverside
pǔ
譜
chart
qǐ
乞
to beg
qǐ
豈
how
qiǎn
遣
dispatch
qiǎn
譴
to denounce
qǐn
寢
bedroom
qǐng
頃
100 Chinese acres
qǔ
娶
marry
quǎn
犬
dog
rǎng
壤
soil
rǎng
攘
chaotic
rě
惹
provoke
rǒng
冗
extra
sǎ
撒
scatter
sǎng
嗓
throat
sǎo
嫂
elder brother's wife
shǐ
矢
dart
shǔ
蜀
Sichuan
shuǎ
耍
mess around
shuǎi
甩
fling
sǒng
聳
shrug
suǐ
髓
marrow
tǎn
毯
blanket
tǎng
倘
if
tǎng
淌
drip
tiǎn
舔
to lick
tiě
帖
invitation
tǐng
艇
light boat
tǒng
捅
poke
tǒng
桶
bucket
tǒng
筒
tube
tuǒ
妥
appropriate
wǎ
瓦
tile
wǎn
挽
pull
wǎn
婉
tactful
wǎng
枉
crooked
wěi
緯
latitude
wěn
吻
kiss
wǔ
侮
insult
wǔ
捂
cover
xiǔ
朽
rotten
yǎ
啞
mute
yǎ
雅
elegant
yǎn
衍
develop
yǎn
掩
conceal
yǎng
癢
itch
yě
冶
smelt
yǐ
矣
did
yǐ
倚
rely on
yǐn
癮
addiction
yǐng
穎
clever
yǒng
詠
chant
yǒng
湧
to gush
yǒng
踴
leap
yǔ
嶼
islet
yǔn
隕
to fall
zǎi
宰
butcher
zǎn
攢
accumulate
zǎo
棗
jujube
zǎo
藻
algae
zhǎ
眨
blink
zhǎi
窄
narrow
zhǎn
斬
to chop
zhǎn
盞
small cup
zhǎn
嶄
towering
zhǎo
沼
marsh
zhěn
枕
pillow
zhěng
拯
to rescue
zhǐ
旨
purpose
zhǔ
拄
lean on
zhǔ
囑
urge
zhǔ
矚
gaze
zhǎo
爪
claw
zuǒ
佐
assistant
lǐ
里
Chinese mile
bǐ
匕
spoon
yǐ
蟻
ant
cǎi
采
pluck
yǐn
尹
oversee
jǐn
儘
utmost
biǎo
錶
watch
fǔ
甫
barely
fǎ
髮
hair
huǒ
夥
partnership
wǎn
宛
as if
wěi
鮪
tuna
jǐng
儆
warn
zhǒu
肘
elbow
dǔ
篤
sincere
qiǔ
糗
embarrassed
suǒ
瑣
trivial
shě
捨
abandon
chǒu
醜
ugly
chǔ
杵
pestle
sǔn
筍
bamboo shoot
juǎn
捲
roll
kǎi
鎧
suit of armor
gǒu
苟
careless
měng
懵
ignorant
mǔ
拇
thumb
zhuǎi
跩
waddle
jiǎn
鹼
alkali
biǎo
婊
prostitute
fǎng
彷
seemingly
ǎn
俺
I
mǎ
瑪
agate
jiǎo
姣
beautiful
wǎn
輓
draw a carriage
huǎng
幌
shop sign
zǎi
崽
child
wěn
刎
cut the throat
fǔ
釜
cauldron
gěng
梗
stem
jiǎo
僥
by luck
bǐng
稟
report
tiǎn
腆
sumptuous
miǎn
靦
shy
liǎo
瞭
comprehend
nǔ
弩
crossbow
yǒu
黝
black
bǎn
闆
boss
wǔ
忤
disobedient
niǎn
捻
twist
guǐ
詭
deceitful
yǎn
鼴
mole
ruǐ
蕊
stamen
zhǒu
帚
broom
biǎo
裱
mount
měng
獴
mongoose
jiǎo
皎
bright
pǐ
癖
addiction
yǒng
恿
incite
zhǐ
咫
Chinese foot
wǎn
莞
smile
jiě
姊
elder sister
nǐ
妳
you
fěi
翡
kingfisher
lǐ
裏
inside
lǐ
哩
English mile
lǐ
鯉
carp
shěn
沈
Shen
jǐ
几
table
mǐn
皿
dish
piǎo
瞟
sidelong glance
liǔ
綹
tuft
xǐng
擤
blow the nose
zhǔn
准
allow
mǎng
蟒
python
guǎi
枴
cane
mǐn
抿
purse lips
wǔ
鵡
parrot
zhǎn
輾
turn over
wǎn
綰
coil up
hǔ
琥
amber
rǔ
汝
thou
lǚ
捋
stroke
biě
癟
deflated
shěn
嬸
aunt
měng
蜢
grasshopper
shǔ
糬
mochi
pǔ
圃
garden
wǎn
蜿
wriggle
cǎi
綵
colored silk
zǔ
詛
curse
lǒu
簍
basket
yǒng
甬
corridor
gǔ
蠱
poisonous insect
jǔ
櫸
beech
sǒng
悚
frightened
sǎng
搡
shove
lǐ
喱
curry
fěi
斐
brilliant
jiǎo
鉸
cut with scissors
gǎo
槁
withered
wǔ
摀
cover with the hand
kǎn
坎
pit
mǎ
螞
ant
gǔ
穀
cereal
shǐ
屎
excrement
jiǎng
蔣
Jiang
kǎo
拷
flog
jiǎn
繭
cocoon
qǐ
啓
open
niǔ
鈕
button
gǎn
橄
olive
lǎn
欖
olive
pǔ
埔
flat land
ě
噁
nausea
jǔ
咀
to chew
kě
坷
bump
zhěn
疹
rash
dǐ
砥
whetstone
zǎo
蚤
flea
zhǐ
趾
toe
kuǐ
傀
puppet
lěi
儡
puppet
bǒ
跛
lame
sǒng
慫
incite
jǐng
憬
awaken
chǎn
諂
flatter
xiǎng
饗
entertain
jiǒng
炯
bright
shǎng
晌
part of the day
chǐ
呎
English foot
mǎn
蟎
mite
yǎo
舀
to ladle
ǎo
襖
coat
lǐn
凛
chilly
lǐn
凜
chilly
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