最低

Chinese

		(the) most; ‑est	to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath
trad. (最低)		最	低
simp. ^#(最低)		最	低

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuìdī

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi³ dai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuìdī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuèidi
  - Wade–Giles: tsui⁴-ti¹
  - Yale: dzwèi-dī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzueydi
  - Palladius: цзуйди (czujdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ti⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeoi³ dai¹
  - Yale: jeui dāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey³ dai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêu³ dei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯³³ tɐi̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

最低

lowest, minimum
最低生活標準／最低生活标准 ― zuìdī shēnghuó biāozhǔn ― minimum living standard

Antonyms

最高 (zuìgāo)

Derived terms

最低工資 / 最低工资 (zuìdī gōngzī)
最低消費額 / 最低消费额 (zuìdī xiāofèi'é)
最低生活保障 (zuìdī shēnghuó bǎozhàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
最	低
さい Grade: 4	てい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

From 最(さい) (sai-, “most”) + 低(てい) (tei, “low”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さいてー [sàítéé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [sa̠ite̞ː]

Adjective

最(さい)低(てい) • (saitei) -na (adnominal 最(さい)低(てい)な (saitei na), adverbial 最(さい)低(てい)に (saitei ni))

lowest, minimum
今日(きょう)の最(さい)低(てい)気(き)温(おん)は１０(じゅう)度(ど)です。
Kyō no saitei kion wa jūdo desu.
Today it will get down to 10 degrees [Celsius].
(literally, “Today's lowest temperature is 10 degrees [Celsius].”)
worst
最(さい)低(てい)な結(けっ)果(か)
saitei na kekka
the worst result

Noun

最(さい)低(てい) • (saitei)

the minimum, the lowest
the worst, the most terrible
お前(まえ)最(さい)低(てい)だな。
Omae saitei da na.
You're a disgusting person.
- 1999 October 15, Rumiko Takahashi, “第(だい)２(に)話(わ)　瘴(しょう)気(き) [Chapter 2: Miasma]”, in 犬(いぬ)夜(や)叉(しゃ) [Inuyasha], volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 41:
  
  奈(な)落(らく)っ…あんたって本(ほん)当(とう)に…最(さい)っ低(てい)！
  Naraku'… Anta tte hontō ni… saittei!
  Naraku… You truly are… despicable!

Synonyms

(minimum): 最(さい)小(しょう)限(げん) (saishōgen)
(the worst): 最(さい)悪(あく) (saiaku)

Antonyms

最(さい)高(こう) (saikō)

References

“最低”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
最	低

Noun

最低 • (choejeo) (hangeul 최저)

hanja form^? of 최저 (“the lowest”)