"Base" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jī chǔ base / foundation / basis / basic / fundamental
 jī dì base (of operations) / industrial or military base / al-Qaeda
 bēi bǐ base / mean / contemptible / despicable
 dǐ background / bottom / base / end (of the month, year etc) / remnants / (math.) radix / base
 jiǎo foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] / classifier for kicks
 zuò seat / base / stand / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座|师座[shi1 zuo4] / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects
 jī zhǔn norm / standard / standard of reference / base / base point / base line / benchmark / reference point / reference frame / criterion / data
 jī shù cardinal number / (math.) radix / base
 dǐ zuò base / pedestal / foundation
 dì jī foundations (of a building) / base
 jī yè foundation / base / family estate
 dǐ zi base / foundation / bottom
 bēi liè base / mean / despicable
 jī dǐ plinth / base / substrate
线 jī xiàn baseline (surveying, budgeting, typography etc) / (math.) base (of a triangle)
 dǐ shù radix / base (math.)
 dǐ biān base (of a triangle) / base line / hem line (of skirt)
 pī zi base / semifinished product / (fig.) the makings of (a talented actor etc)
 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)
 bēi xià base / low
 dì jiǎo (page) footer / (dialect) foundation (of a building) / base
 kě bǐ base / mean / despicable
 chǔ foundation / base
 bēi low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble
 lěi rampart / base (in baseball) / to build with stones, bricks etc
 bǐ rustic / low / base / mean / to despise / to scorn
 jiǎn base / alkali / soda (chemistry)
 chuò dirty / filthy / base / mean / narrow-minded / petty
 jiǎn variant of 鹼|碱[jian3] / base / soda
 jī zhǐ foundation / footing / base / ruins (of a historical building)
 dǐ zhī stock (cooking) / base (of sauce or gravy)
 pō jiàn base / worthless
 bǐ liè base / mean / despicable
 tuò zhǎn to expand (one's client base, outlook etc)
 lì zú to stand / to have a footing / to be established / to base oneself on
 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth
 dà běn yíng headquarters / base camp
 gēn jù dì base of operations
 jù diǎn stronghold / defended military base / base for operations / strategic point / foothold / (market) presence
 jīng jì jī chǔ socio-economic base / economic foundation
 zhī shi kù knowledge base
 jī zhàn base station
 jūn shì jī dì military base
 dǐ xīn basic salary / base pay / salary floor
 jī zhì base solvent (of chemical compound) / stroma (framing biological tissue)
 kōng jūn jī dì air base
 gé lí shuāng pre-makeup cream / makeup base / foundation primer
 Mǎ lán Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
 zhí gēn to take root / to establish a base
 jìn to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
 ān dǎ base hit (baseball)
 jūn gǎng naval port / naval base
 jī féi base fertilizer
 qiáo tóu bǎo bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)
 jī tǐ base body / matrix / substrate
 biāo dǐ base number (of a tender) / starting price (for auction)
 jiǎn jī chemical base / nucleobase
 fēn niè tiller (stem at the base of grass plants)
 wéi Wèi jiù Zhào lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom) / fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
 dǐ féi base fertilizer
 yī bàng to rely on / to depend on / to imitate (a model) / to base a work (on some model)
 ruò jiǎn weak base (alkali)
 piào yuán (Tw) voter base
 nǎo xià chuí tǐ pituitary glands (at the base of the skull)
 běn lěi home base / home plate (in baseball)
 dào lěi (baseball) to steal a base / stolen base (SB)
 dǐ sacrum (anatomy) / bone forming the base of the spinal column
 páo gēn wèn dǐ to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
 diǎn shí chéng jīn to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom) / fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
 zhuī gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
 pán gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
 pán gēn jiū dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
 diǎn jīn chéng tiě to transform gold into base metal (idiom) / fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
 diǎn tiě chéng jīn to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom) / fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
 dǐ gǔ sacrum (anatomy) / bone forming the base of the spinal column
 dǒu square base for Chinese flagstaff
 guǎn lǐ xìn xī kù Management Information Base / MIB
 ruò jiǎn weak base
 jiǎn jī duì base pair (molecular biology)
 Dài lì sī Dallys, Algerian seaport and naval base
 shí jìn decimal / calculations to base 10
 jī běn lì lu:4 base rate (e.g. interest rate set by central bank)
 jī jí base electrode (in transistor)
 jī wǎng base net (in geodetic survey)
 jī xié bō fundamental frequency / base harmonic
 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
 xiǎo líng tōng jī zhàn cell phone base or repeater station (telecommunications)
 píng yī to rely on / to base oneself on
 zhī base of pillar / prop
 Héng xū hè Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)
 Héng xū hè shì Yokosuka city and US naval base to the west of Yokohama, Japan
 hǎi kōng jūn jī dì naval and air military base
 jiàn zhuī sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
 jiàn gǔ sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
 chóng zhì insect or insect-like small creature (literary) / base person (used as a curse word)
 zhuǎn yí zhèn dì to move one's base (of operations) / to reposition / to relocate
·西  Diego Garcia tropical island and US military base in the Indian Ocean, main island of Chago archipelago 查戈斯群島|查戈斯群岛
 jìn wèi fǎ system of writing numbers to a base, such as decimal or binary (math)
 lú dǐ base of the skull
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