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基础

jī chǔ

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 基礎

基础 (jī chǔ) means "base; foundation; basis". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 基础 means

1. base; foundation; basis
2. basic; fundamental

The characters in 基础

• 基jī(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 础chǔfoundation; base

Example sentences

• 衣食住是生存的基础。
  Yīshí zhù shì shēngcún de jīchǔ.
  Food, clothing and shelter are the foundations of survival.
• 物理是基础自然科学。
  Wùlǐ shì jīchǔ zìrán kēxué.
  Physics is a fundamental natural science.
• 数学是所有科学的基础。
  Mathematics is basic to all sciences.
• 这是建立在猜测的基础上。
  Zhè shì jiànlì zài cāicè de jīchǔ shàng.
  It is founded on supposition.
• 你的理论是以什么为基础?
  Nǐ de lǐlùn shìyǐ shénme wèi jīchǔ?
  What do you base your theory on?
• 尊重法律是我们社会的基础。
  Zūnzhòng fǎlǜ shì wǒmen shèhuì de jīchǔ.
  Respect for law is fundamental to our society.

Words starting with 基础

• 基础教育jī chǔ jiào yùelementary education
• 基础课jī chǔ kèbasic course; core curriculum
• 基础病jī chǔ bìngunderlying medical condition
• 基础问题jī chǔ wèn tíbasic issue; fundamental question
• 基础结构jī chǔ jié gòuinfrastructure
• 基础设施jī chǔ shè shīinfrastructure
• 基础速率jī chǔ sù lǜbasic rate (as in ISDN)
• 基础设施即服务jī chǔ shè shī jí fú wù(computing) infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

Words containing 基础

• 经济基础jīng jì jī chǔsocio-economic base; economic foundation
• 应计基础yīng jì jī chǔaccruals basis (accounting)
• 现金基础xiàn jīn jī chǔcash basis (accounting)
• 理论基础lǐ lùn jī chǔtheoretical foundation
• 零基础líng jī chǔno prior study (in an area of learning)

Where 基础 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Academic study & education (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jī chǔ correctly.
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