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基础

jī chǔ 1–3

base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental

HSK level
HSK 3
HSK 2.0 level 4 · HSK 3.0 level 3
Characters
2
基 · 础
Syllables
2
jī chǔ
Frequency
Less common
corpus count 2,135

Part of speech: n

Character by character

  • 基jī11 strokesHSK 3foundation, base
  • 础chǔ10 strokesHSK 3 traditional 礎foundation stone, plinth

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 物理是基础自然科学。

    Wù lǐ shì jī chǔ zì rán kē xué

    Physics is the basic physical science.

  • 衣食住是生存的基础。

    Yī shí zhù shì shēng cún de jī chǔ

    Food, clothing and shelter are the basis of life.

  • 数学是所有科学的基础。

    Shù xué shì suǒ yǒu kē xué de jī chǔ

    Mathematics are the foundation of all sciences.

  • 这是建立在猜测的基础上。

    Zhè shì jiàn lì zài cāi cè de jī chǔ shàng

    It is founded on supposition.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 基础. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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