基
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) base; foundation
- 2.(bound form) radical (chemistry)
- 3.(bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
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Wiktionary
- 1.foot of a wall; foundation
- 2.base of any building; foundations; basis
- 3.basis; foundation; base
- 4.to lay a foundation
- 5.cardinal; basic; capital; fundamental
- 6.radical; group
- 7.basis (Classifier: 組／组 m; 個／个 m)
- 8.a surname
- 9.Used in transcription.
- 10.gay; homosexual (noun)
- 11.gay; homosexual (adjective)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kɯ): phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ) + semantic 土 (“earth”) – a foundation of earth.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我乘几路车去怀基基？
What number bus do I take to get to Waikiki?
數學是所有科學的基礎。
Mathematics is basic to all sciences.
你的理論是以什麼為基礎?
What do you base your theory on?
尊重法律是我們社會的基礎。
Respect for law is fundamental to our society.
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