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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jī | ji1
English translation
base
foundation
basic
radical (chemistry)
foundation, base

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

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earth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

其土

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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bǐng ān suān zài zhuǎn ān 作用 zuòyòng Zhōng 似乎 sìhū shì gēng hǎo de 氨基酸 ān jī suān .

Alanine appears to be the preferred amino acid in the transamination.

zǒu lái cuàn xiǎng ràng 贝基看见 kànjiàn ,以此 yǐ cǐ lái 激怒 jī nù , shāng de xīn .

And he kept drifting about to find Becky and lacerate her with the performance.

7.2 jiē 包括 bāokuò 那些 nà xiē 基本 jīběn 方程 fāng chéng de 摘要 zhāiyào .

Section 2 contains a resume of the fundamental equations.

B jiē 论述 lùn shù 目前 mùqián 经济 jīngjì 秩序 zhìxù de 某些 mǒu xiē 基本 jīběn 特点 tèdiǎn .

Section B descibes some fundamantal characteristics of the present economic order.

使用 shǐyòng 硫酸钙 liú suān gài zuò 原料 yuánliào ,需要 xūyào gēng duō de 基建 jī jiàn 投资 tóuzī .

The use of calcium sulfate requires an greater capital investment.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
基本 jīběn basic基本 jīběn
基金 jījīn fund基金 jījīn
基础 jīchǔ base基礎
base
基地 jīdì al-Qaeda基地 jīdì
基因 jīyīn gene (loanword)基因 jīyīn
基于 jī yú because of基於
基本上 jī běn shang basically基本上 jī běn shang
基督 Jī dū Christ基督 Jī dū
巴基斯坦 Bā jī sī tǎn Pakistan巴基斯坦 Bā jī sī tǎn
基层 jī céng basic level基層
基金会 jī jīn huì foundation (institution supported by an endowment)基金會
基督教 Jī dū jiào Christianity基督教 Jī dū jiào
基督徒 Jī dū tú Christian基督徒 Jī dū tú
比基尼 bǐ jī ní bikini (loanword)比基尼 bǐ jī ní
基准 jī zhǔn norm基準
诺基亚 Nuò jī yà Nokia (company name)諾基亞
肯塔基 Kěn tǎ jī Kentucky, US state肯塔基 Kěn tǎ jī
肯德基 Kěn dé jī KFC肯德基 Kěn dé jī
地基 dì jī base地基 dì jī
氨基酸 ān jī suān amino acid氨基酸 ān jī suān

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Compounds

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