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基本上

jī běn shang

3-character word

What 基本上 means

1. basically
2. on the whole

The characters in 基本上

• 基jī(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…

Example sentences

• 基本上吧。
  Basically.
• 基本上我赞同你的意见。
  Jīběnshang wǒ zàntóng nǐ de yìjiàn.
  Basically, I agree with your opinion.
• 我了解的情况是看韩剧者基本上是一些无所事事的女人。
  Wǒ liǎojiě de qíngkuàng shì kàn Hán jù zhě jīběnshang shì yīxiē wúsuǒshìshì de nǚrén.
  From what I understand, those who watch Korean soap operas basically are women with nothing to do.
• 有时候发现自己基本上没有时间顾及一些无关紧要的琐事。
  Yǒushíhou fāxiàn zìjǐ jīběnshang méiyǒu shíjiān gùjí yīxiē wúguānjǐnyào de suǒshì.
  Sometimes I find that I basically have no time to pay attention to irrelevant trivia.
• 罗纳尔多是一个多产射手，基本上他能在每一场比赛中进球。
  Luónà'ěrduō shì yī gè duōchǎn shèshǒu, jīběnshang tā néng zài měi yī chǎng bǐsài zhōng jìnqiú.
  Ronaldo is a prolific goal scorer and it’s almost guaranteed that he will score a goal in every match.