起底

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	Short for 底細／底细 (dǐxì).
trad. (起底)		起	底
simp. #(起底)		起	底

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐdǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² dai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-té / khí-tóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐdǐ [Phonetic: qídǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐdǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-ti³
    • Yale: chǐ-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiidii
    • Palladius: циди (cidi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² dai²
    • Yale: héi dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-té / khí-tóe
    • Tâi-lô: khí-té / khí-tué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'dea, qy'doea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³/, /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ te⁵⁵⁴/, /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tue⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³/, /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³/, /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te⁴¹/, /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tue⁴¹/

Verb

起底

1. (chiefly Hong Kong) to check up someone's background (especially on the Internet); to doxx
2. (Southern Min) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

See also

• 社工 (shègōng), 人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ), 揭老底 (jiē lǎodǐ)