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基本功

jī běn gōng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word

基本功 (jī běn gōng) means "basic skills; fundamentals". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 基本功 means

1. basic skills
2. fundamentals

The characters in 基本功

• 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
• 功gōngmeritorious deed or service; achievement; result

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