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基

jī

HSK 4 Character

What 基 means

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

Example sentences

• 耶稣基督！
  Yēsū Jīdū!
  Jesus Christ!
• 基本上吧。
  Basically.
• 它是基本人权。
  Tā shì jīběn rénquán.
  It's a basic human right.
• 我信仰耶稣基督。
  Wǒ xìnyǎng Yēsū Jīdū.
  I believe in Jesus Christ.
• 他们是基督徒着。
  They are Christians.
• 你们要面基了吗？
  You guys are ready to meet up?

Words starting with 基

• 基本jī běnbasic; fundamental; main
• 基础jī chǔbase; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental
• 基地jī dìbase (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)
• 基金jī jīnfund
• 基因jī yīngene (loanword)
• 基本上jī běn shangbasically; on the whole
• 基于jī yúbecause of; on the basis of; in view of
• 基层jī céngbasic level; grassroots unit; basement layer
• 基督教Jī dū jiàoChristianity
• 基督Jī dūChrist (abbr. for 基利斯督
• 基督徒Jī dū túChristian
• 基金会jī jīn huìfoundation (institution supported by an endowment)
• 基本功jī běn gōngbasic skills; fundamentals
• 基础教育jī chǔ jiào yùelementary education
• 基调jī diàomain key (of a musical composition); keynote (speech)
• 基建jī jiàncapital construction (project); infrastructure
• 基数jī shùcardinal number; (math) radix; base
• 基石jī shífoundation stone; cornerstone; (fig.) basis; foundation
• 基准jī zhǔn(surveying) datum; standard; criterion; benchmark
• 基础课jī chǔ kèbasic course; core curriculum
• 基本法jī běn fǎbasic law (constitutional document)
• 基点jī diǎnbase; center; basis; point of departure; starting point…
• 基督教徒Jī dū jiào túa Christian
• 基辛格Jī xīn géHenry Kissinger (1923–2023), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973–1977

Words containing 基

• 巴基斯坦Bā jī sī tǎnPakistan
• 诺基亚Nuò jī yàNokia (company name)
• 肯德基Kěn dé jīKFC; Kentucky Fried Chicken
• 根基gēn jīfoundation
• 维基wéi jīwiki (Internet)
• 经济基础jīng jì jī chǔsocio-economic base; economic foundation
• 地基dì jīfoundations (of a building); base
• 比基尼bǐ jī ní(loanword) bikini
• 奠基diàn jīto lay a foundation
• 路基lù jī(civil engineering) roadbed
• 转基因zhuǎn jī yīngenetic modification
• 氨基酸ān jī suānamino acid
• 登基dēng jīto ascend the throne
• 赫尔辛基Hè ěr xīn jīHelsinki (Swedish Helsingfors), capital of Finland
• 柴可夫斯基Chái kě fū sī jīTchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer
• 四项基本原则Sì xiàng Jī běn Yuán zéthe Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 邓小平
• 奠基人diàn jī rénfounder; pioneer
• 军事基地jūn shì jī dìmilitary base
• 台基tái jīstylobate (architecture)
• 利基lì jīasset that gives a competitive advantage; a strength; (market) niche
• 建基jiàn jīto lay foundations
• 面基miàn jī(slang) (of online friends) to meet up in person
• 高尔基体Gāo ěr jī tǐGolgi apparatus
• 自由基zì yóu jīfree radical

Characters built on 其

These share the phonetic component 其 (qí), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 斯sī(phonetic); this
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 欺qīto take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 棋qíchess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 琪qí(literary) fine jade
• 淇qíname of a river
• 麒qíused in 麒麟

Characters that look like 基

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 惹rěto provoke; to irritate; to vex
• 恿yǒngused in 怂恿
• 恙yàngsickness
• 孱cànused in 孱头

Sounds the same

Read jī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 机(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity
• 鸡fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 击to hit; to strike; to break
• 积to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 激to arouse; to incite; to excite
• 圾used in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 肌(bound form) flesh; muscle
• 饥(bound form) hungry
• 缉to seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. qì
• 讥to ridicule
• 姬woman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)
• 奇odd (number)