基本

basic / fundamental / main / elementary

Characters and words in 基本

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

(bound form) base; foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)

基 = 其 + 土 : Joan of Arc (ji) has to repair the watchtower (其) In front of the space station (Ø1). The tower needs a new foundation (基), and because it is floating in outer space, Joan of Arc can just add some dirt (土) to its base (基) to create a new foundation.

本

běn = b + (e)n3

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

本 = 一 + 木 : Beelzebub (b) finds a Christmas tree (木) in the encampment ((e)n3) and feels like eating its roots (本). He uses a flute (一) to chop the roots right off.

Words with 基本

人

rén

民

mín

基

ji̅

本

běn

权

權

quán

利

lì

fundamental civil rights

代

dài

数

數

shù

基

ji̅

本

běn

定

dìng

理

lǐ

fundamental theorem of algebra

代

dài

数

數

shù

学

學

xué

基

ji̅

本

běn

定

dìng

理

lǐ

fundamental theorem of algebra (every polynomial has a complex root)

四

sì

项

項

xiàng

基

ji̅

本

běn

原

yuán

则

則

zé

the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism

基

ji̅

本

běn

利

lì

率

lǜ

base rate (e.g. interest rate set by central bank)

基

ji̅

本