基本

Character by character

• 基jī11 strokesHSK 3foundation, base
• 本běn5 strokesHSK 1root, origin, source; basis

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

Example sentences

• 基本上吧。

  Jī běn shang ba

  Basically.

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• 它是基本人权。

  Tā shì jī běn rén quán

  It's a basic human right.

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• 工人拿不到基本工资。

  Gōng rén ná bù dào jī běn gōng zī

  The workers didn't get their basic wage.

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Words with the same characters

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

• 本běnHSK 1

  root; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

• 根本gēn běnHSK 3

  fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all

• 本来běn láiHSK 3

  original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course

• 基地jī dìHSK 5

  base (of operations); industrial or military base; al-Qaeda

• 基金jī jīnHSK 5

  fund

• 基础jī chǔHSK 3

  base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental

• 本身běn shēnHSK 6

  itself; in itself; per se

• 本人běn rénHSK 5

  I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned

• 基因jī yīnHSK 7

  gene (loanword)

• 原本yuán běnHSK 7

  originally; original

• 本地běn dìHSK 6

  local; this locality

• 基于jī yúHSK 7

  because of; on the basis of; in view of; on account of

• 基本上jī běn shangHSK 3

  basically; on the whole

• 笔记本bǐ jì běnHSK 2

  notebook (stationery); notebook (computing)

• 剧本jù běnHSK 5

  script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay; scenario

• 版本bǎn běn

  version; edition; release

• 成本chéng běnHSK 5

  (manufacturing, production etc) costs

• 本质běn zhìHSK 6

  essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality

• 本事běn shìHSK 3

  source material; original story

• 样本yàng běnHSK 7

  sample; specimen

• 资本zī běnHSK 5

  capital (economics)

• 本能běn néngHSK 7

  instinct

• 本土běn tǔHSK 6

  one's native country; native; local; metropolitan territory

• 本性běn xìngHSK 7

  natural instincts; nature; inherent quality