底子

• 拼音: dǐ zi
• 汉字拆解: 底 = 广 + 氐 (base/bottom); 子 = noun/diminutive suffix

含义

Foundation; basis; background knowledge; original draft; financial reserve. The underlying base of something — a person's knowledge base, a document's draft, or a household's savings.

Versatile in usage. In learning: 语言底子好 means having a strong language foundation. In finance: 家底子 means family financial reserves. In document management: 留底子 means keeping a copy. In crafts: 底子 can refer to the base layer of a painting or fabric. Colloquial and practical in register.

例句

1. 他虽然没有经过系统训练，但从小打下的音乐底子让他学什么都比别人快。
2. 谈判之前，代表团对对方的经济状况和谈判立场摸了个清楚的底子。
3. 她的英语底子很扎实，研究生阶段转向语言学后很快适应了专业文献阅读。

用法指南

语境: education, personal development, finance, crafts

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 从小打好数学底子，对未来学习理工科有着不可忽视的长远益处。(Building a solid maths foundation from a young age has significant long-term benefits for studying science and engineering.)
• 她家里有点底子，所以创业失败后还能撑过最艰难的那段时间。(Her family had some financial reserves, so even after the business failure she could get through the hardest period.)

错误说法

• 他的底子很高 — use 他的底子很扎实 or 他的底子很厚; 底子 collocates with 好、扎实、厚、薄 not 高 (which suggests height rather than depth of foundation)

起源与历史

底 (base/bottom) + 子 (noun suffix)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal