Skip to content

基 jī

foundation, base

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 4
Radical
土
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 其土 ⿱其土

Memory hint: earth

✍️ Practise writing 基 Try it here ↓

Write it yourself

Draw each stroke in the box with your mouse or finger. Wrong strokes are shown in red; after two misses the next stroke is highlighted.

Stroke 1 of 11

Example sentences with 基

Show:

Tap any word to see its pinyin and meaning and add it to your Personal Deck. Press 🔊 to hear the sentence.

  1. 打好基础很重要。
    Dǎhǎo jīchǔ hěn zhòngyào.
    Building a good foundation is very important.
    build-well foundation very important
  2. 你的基础怎么样？
    Nǐ de jīchǔ zěnmeyàng?
    How's your foundation (in a subject)?
    you (possessive) foundation how
  3. 学习外语之前，先打好基础吧。
    Xuéxí wàiyǔ zhīqián, xiān dǎhǎo jīchǔ ba.
    Before learning a foreign language, build a good foundation first.
    study foreign-language before, first build-well foundation (suggestion)
  4. 他的数学基础不太好。
    Tā de shùxué jīchǔ bú tài hǎo.
    His foundation in math isn't very good.
    he (possessive) math foundation not too good
  5. 上大学以前，他就打下了很好的基础。
    Shàng dàxué yǐqián, tā jiù dǎxià le hěn hǎo de jīchǔ.
    Before attending university, he had already built a very good foundation.
    attend university before, he already build-down (particle) very good (possessive) foundation

Words with 基 (5)