基 础 jī chǔ base / foundation / basis / basic / fundamental 基 地 jī dì base (of operations) / industrial or military base / al-Qaeda 卑 鄙 bēi bǐ base / mean / contemptible / despicable 底 dǐ background / bottom / base / end (of the month, year etc) / remnants / (math.) radix / base 脚 jiǎo foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] / classifier for kicks 座 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 基 准 jī zhǔn norm / standard / standard of reference / base / base point / base line / benchmark / reference point / reference frame / criterion / data 基 数 jī shù cardinal number / (math.) radix / base 底 座 dǐ zuò base / pedestal / foundation 地 基 dì jī foundations (of a building) / base 基 业 jī yè foundation / base / family estate 底 子 dǐ zi base / foundation / bottom 卑 劣 bēi liè base / mean / despicable 基 底 jī dǐ plinth / base / substrate 基 线 jī xiàn baseline (surveying, budgeting, typography etc) / (math.) base (of a triangle) 底 数 dǐ shù radix / base (math.) 底 边 dǐ biān base (of a triangle) / base line / hem line (of skirt) 坯 子 pī zi base / semifinished product / (fig.) the makings of (a talented actor etc) 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) 卑 下 bēi xià base / low 地 脚 dì jiǎo (page) footer / (dialect) foundation (of a building) / base 可 鄙 kě bǐ base / mean / despicable 础 chǔ foundation / base 卑 bēi low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble 垒 lěi rampart / base (in baseball) / to build with stones, bricks etc 鄙 bǐ rustic / low / base / mean / to despise / to scorn 碱 jiǎn base / alkali / soda (chemistry) 龊 chuò dirty / filthy / base / mean / narrow-minded / petty 堿 jiǎn variant of 鹼|碱[jian3] / base / soda 基 址 jī zhǐ foundation / footing / base / ruins (of a historical building) 底 汁 dǐ zhī stock (cooking) / base (of sauce or gravy) 泼 贱 pō jiàn base / worthless 鄙 劣 bǐ liè base / mean / despicable 拓 展 tuò zhǎn to expand (one's client base, outlook etc) 立 足 lì zú to stand / to have a footing / to be established / to base oneself on 地 盘 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth 大 本 营 dà běn yíng headquarters / base camp 根 据 地 gēn jù dì base of operations 据 点 jù diǎn stronghold / defended military base / base for operations / strategic point / foothold / (market) presence 经 济 基 础 jīng jì jī chǔ socio-economic base / economic foundation 知 识 库 zhī shi kù knowledge base 基 站 jī zhàn base station 军 事 基 地 jūn shì jī dì military base 底 薪 dǐ xīn basic salary / base pay / salary floor 基 质 jī zhì base solvent (of chemical compound) / stroma (framing biological tissue) 空 军 基 地 kōng jūn jī dì air base 隔 离 霜 gé lí shuāng pre-makeup cream / makeup base / foundation primer 马 兰 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 植 根 zhí gēn to take root / to establish a base 进 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 安 打 ān dǎ base hit (baseball) 军 港 jūn gǎng naval port / naval base 基 肥 jī féi base fertilizer 桥 头 堡 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) 基 体 jī tǐ base body / matrix / substrate 标 底 biāo dǐ base number (of a tender) / starting price (for auction) 碱 基 jiǎn jī chemical base / nucleobase 分 蘖 fēn niè tiller (stem at the base of grass plants) 围 魏 救 赵 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 底 肥 dǐ féi base fertilizer 依 傍 yī bàng to rely on / to depend on / to imitate (a model) / to base a work (on some model) 弱 碱 ruò jiǎn weak base (alkali) 票 源 piào yuán (Tw) voter base 脑 下 垂 体 nǎo xià chuí tǐ pituitary glands (at the base of the skull) 本 垒 běn lěi home base / home plate (in baseball) 盗 垒 dào lěi (baseball) to steal a base / stolen base (SB) 骶 dǐ sacrum (anatomy) / bone forming the base of the spinal column 刨 根 问 底 páo gēn wèn dǐ to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 点 石 成 金 diǎn shí chéng jīn to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom) / fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem 追 根 问 底 zhuī gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 盘 根 问 底 pán gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 盘 根 究 底 pán gēn jiū dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 询 根 问 底 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 点 金 成 铁 diǎn jīn chéng tiě to transform gold into base metal (idiom) / fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it 点 铁 成 金 diǎn tiě chéng jīn to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom) / fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem 骶 骨 dǐ gǔ sacrum (anatomy) / bone forming the base of the spinal column 枓 dǒu square base for Chinese flagstaff 管 理 信 息 库 guǎn lǐ xìn xī kù Management Information Base / MIB 弱 硷 ruò jiǎn weak base 碱 基 对 jiǎn jī duì base pair (molecular biology) 代 利 斯 Dài lì sī Dallys, Algerian seaport and naval base 十 进 shí jìn decimal / calculations to base 10 基 本 利 率 jī běn lì lu:4 base rate (e.g. interest rate set by central bank) 基 极 jī jí base electrode (in transistor) 基 网 jī wǎng base net (in geodetic survey) 基 谐 波 jī xié bō fundamental frequency / base harmonic 寻 根 问 底 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 小 灵 通 机 站 xiǎo líng tōng jī zhàn cell phone base or repeater station (telecommunications) 凭 依 píng yī to rely on / to base oneself on 榰 zhī base of pillar / prop 横 须 贺 Héng xū hè Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay) 横 须 贺 市 Héng xū hè shì Yokosuka city and US naval base to the west of Yokohama, Japan 海 空 军 基 地 hǎi kōng jūn jī dì naval and air military base 荐 椎 jiàn zhuī sacrum (bone at the base of the spine) 荐 骨 jiàn gǔ sacrum (bone at the base of the spine) 虫 豸 chóng zhì insect or insect-like small creature (literary) / base person (used as a curse word) 转 移 阵 地 zhuǎn yí zhèn dì to move one's base (of operations) / to reposition / to relocate 迪 戈 · 加 西 亚 岛 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 进 位 法 jìn wèi fǎ system of writing numbers to a base, such as decimal or binary (math) 颅 底 lú dǐ base of the skull