# 底层 (dǐcéng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 底层 (dǐcéng) means “lowest level; bottom rung; ground floor”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: lowest level; bottom rung; ground floor
- Pinyin: dǐcéng (di3 ceng2)
- Traditional: 底層
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他们关心社会底层的人。
  Tāmen guānxīn shèhuì dǐcéng de rén.
  They care about people at the bottom of society.

## Characters

- [底](https://hanziro.com/word/di-bottom/) (dǐ): bottom; end (of year, month)
- [层](https://hanziro.com/word/ceng-floor/) (céng): (measure word) floor; layer

https://hanziro.com/word/di-ceng-lowest-level/

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