低级

低級
dījí
adjective #7,890

Meanings

  1. 1 low-level
  2. 2 elementary
  3. 3 vulgar; crude; lowbrow

Examples

HSK 2
Tā juéde nàge xiàohua tài dījí le.
He thought that joke was too crude.
HSK 6
Zhèzhǒng dījí cuòwù bù yīnggāi fàn.
You shouldn't make this kind of basic mistake.
HSK 7-9
Zhè shì yīgè dī jíbié de bǐsài.
This is a low-level competition.

Tips

usage
低级 has two main senses: (1) low-level/elementary (neutral, e.g. 低级错误 'basic mistake'), and (2) vulgar/tasteless (negative, e.g. 低级趣味 'lowbrow taste'). Context determines the meaning.

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