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基

jī
HSK 3

“Base” in Chinese is 基 (jī).

Other characters with the syllable ji: see all 46 →

Meaning

  • bound formbase; foundation
  • bound formradical (chemistry)
  • bound formgay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)

Example

基本上吧。

Basically.

From 基本 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Words containing 基

基本jīběnbasicHSK 3基础jīchǔbase; foundation; basisHSK 3基本上jīběnshàngbasicallyHSK 3基地jīdìal-QaedaHSK 5基金jījīnfundHSK 5基督教JīdūjiàoChristianityHSK 6根基gēnjīfoundationHSK 7-9基层jīcéngbasic levelHSK 7-9

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