底裡

Chinese

		background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing
trad. (底裡/底裏)		底	裡/裏
simp. (底里)		底	里

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǐlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai² leoi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): té-lí / tóe-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǐlǐ [Phonetic: dílǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǐlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ti³-li³
    • Yale: dǐ-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diilii
    • Palladius: дили (dili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai² leoi⁵
    • Yale: dái léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai² loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei² lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³⁵ lɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: té-lí
    • Tâi-lô: té-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deflie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tóe-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tué-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doeflie
    • IPA (Taipei): /tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/

Noun

底裡

1. (literary) ins and outs; exact details

   • 你對那個問題的現實情況和歷史情況既然沒有調查，不知底裡，對於那個問題的發言便一定是瞎說一頓。 [MSC, trad.]
     你对那个问题的现实情况和历史情况既然没有调查，不知底里，对于那个问题的发言便一定是瞎说一顿。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1930, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《反對本本主義》 (Oppose Book Worship), 《毛澤東選集》 (Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung), English translation based on

     Nǐ duì nàge wèntí de xiànshí qíngkuàng hé lìshǐ qíngkuàng jìrán méiyǒu diàochá, bùzhī dǐlǐ, duìyú nàge wèntí de fāyán biàn yīdìng shì xiāshuō yī dùn. [Pinyin]

     When you have not probed into a problem, into the present facts and its past history, and know nothing of its essentials, whatever you say about it will undoubtedly be nonsense.

2. invisible side; interior; the inside
3. inner feelings; real feelings