基
jī
(bound form) base; foundation
(bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
This character is used for its sound in loanwords, not for its component meanings.
这栋楼的地基打得很深。
zhè dòng lóu de dì jī dǎ de hěn shēn。
the foundation of this building was laid very deep.
他们在讨论那个化合物含有什么基。
tā men zài tǎo lùn nà ge huà hé wù hán yǒu shén me jī。
they are discussing what radical that compound contains.
Words with 基
基佬
jī lǎo
(slang) gay guy
基布兹
jī bù zī
kibbutz
水基
shuǐ jī
water-based
酮基
tóng jī
ketone group
醛基
quán jī
aldehyde group -COH
野生生物基金会
yě shēng shēng wù jī jīn huì
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
闵科夫斯基
mǐn kē fū sī jī
Minkowski (name)
阿基米德
ā jī mǐ dé
Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)
陀思妥也夫斯基
tuó sī tuǒ yě fū sī jī
also written 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1]
陀思妥耶夫斯基
tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚[Zui4 yu3 Fa2]
陆基
lù jī
land-based
陆基导弹
lù jī dǎo dàn
land-based missile