最低

Chinese

		(the) most; ‑est	to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath
trad. (最低)		最	低
simp. #(最低)		最	低

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuìdī

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi³ dai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuìdī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuèidi
    • Wade–Giles: tsui⁴-ti¹
    • Yale: dzwèi-dī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzueydi
    • Palladius: цзуйди (czujdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ti⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi³ dai¹
    • Yale: jeui dāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey³ dai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu³ dei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯³³ tɐi̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

最低

1. lowest; minimum

   最低生活標準／最低生活标准  ―  zuìdī shēnghuó biāozhǔn  ―  minimum living standard

Antonyms

• 最高 (zuìgāo)

Derived terms

• 最低工資／最低工资 (zuìdī gōngzī)
• 最低消費額／最低消费额 (zuìdī xiāofèi'é)
• 最低生活保障 (zuìdī shēnghuó bǎozhàng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
最	低
さい Grade: 4	てい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

最 (sai-, “most”) +‎ 低 (tei, “low”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さいてー [sàítéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ite̞ː]

Adjective

最(さい)低(てい) • (saitei) -na (adnominal 最(さい)低(てい)な (saitei na), adverbial 最(さい)低(てい)に (saitei ni))

1. lowest

   今日(きょう)の最低気温(さいていきおん)は１０度(じゅうど)です。

   Kyō no saitei kion wa jūdo desu.

   Today it will get down to 10 degrees [Celsius].

2. worst

   最低(さいてい)な結(けっ)果(か)

   saitei na kekka

   the worst result

Noun

最(さい)低(てい) • (saitei) 

1. the minimum; the lowest
2. the worst; the most terrible

   お前(まえ)最低(さいてい)だな。

   Omae saitei da na.

   You're a disgusting person.

   • 1999 October 15, Rumiko Takahashi, “第(だい)２話(わ)　瘴(しょう)気(き) [Chapter 2: Miasma]”, in [犬](いぬ)[夜](や)[叉](しゃ) [Inuyasha], volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 41:

     奈(な)落(らく)っ…あんたって本(ほん)当(とう)に…最(さい)っ低(てい)！

     Naraku'… Antatte hontō ni… saittei!

     Naraku… You truly are… despicable!

Synonyms

• (minimum): 最(さい)小(しょう)限(げん) (saishōgen)
• (the worst): 最(さい)悪(あく) (saiaku)

Antonyms

• 最(さい)高(こう) (saikō)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
最	低

Noun

最低 • (choejeo) (hangeul 최저)

1. hanja form^? of 최저 (“the lowest”)