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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
基础 jīchǔ	基础 \| 基础* \| *基础	base; foundation; basis / basic; fundamental	基礎 HSK 3


事业 shìyè	事业 \| 事业* \| *事业	undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL: 個｜个	事業 HSK 3


根据 gēnjù	根据 \| 根据* \| *根据	according to / based on / basis / foundation / CL: 個｜个	根據 HSK 4


底 dǐ	底 \| 底* \| *底	bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數｜底数)	HSK 4


依据 yījù	依据 \| 依据* \| *依据	according to / basis / foundation	依據 HSK 5


悬 xuán	悬 \| 悬* \| *悬	to hang or suspend / to worry / public announcement / unresolved / baseless / without foundation	懸 HSK 6


垫底 diàndǐ	垫底 \| 垫底* \| *垫底	to put sth on the bottom / to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime / to lay the foundation / to come last in the rankings	墊底 HSK 7-9


根基 gēnjī	根基 \| 根基* \| *根基	foundation	HSK 7-9


底子 dǐzi	底子 \| 底子* \| *底子	base / foundation / bottom	HSK 7-9


凭空 píngkōng	凭空 \| 凭空* \| *凭空	baseless (lie) / without foundation	憑空


基 jī	基 \| 基* \| *基	(bound form) base; foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)


底座 dǐzuò	底座 \| 底座* \| *底座	base / pedestal / foundation


基坑 jīkēng	基坑 \| 基坑* \| *基坑	foundation groove / trench for building foundation


打下 dǎxià	打下 \| 打下* \| *打下	to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)


奠基 diànjī	奠基 \| 奠基* \| *奠基	to lay a foundation


基座 jīzuò	基座 \| 基座* \| *基座	underlay / foundation / pedestal


打底 dǎdǐ	打底 \| 打底* \| *打底	to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat


地盘 dìpán	地盘 \| 地盘* \| *地盘	domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth	地盤


建国 jiànguó	建国 \| 建国* \| *建国	to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949	建國


基石 jīshí	基石 \| 基石* \| *基石	foundation stone; cornerstone / (fig.) basis; foundation


础 chǔ	础 \| 础* \| *础	foundation / base	礎


基址 jīzhǐ	基址 \| 基址* \| *基址	foundation / footing / base / ruins (of a historical building)


基业 jīyè	基业 \| 基业* \| *基业	foundation / base / family estate	基業


址 zhǐ	址 \| 址* \| *址	foundation of a building (variant of 址) / islet (variant of 沚)	阯


先秦 xiān Qín	先秦 \| 先秦* \| *先秦	pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC


地脚 dìjiǎo	地脚 \| 地脚* \| *地脚	(page) footer / (dialect) foundation (of a building) / base	地腳


氐 dǐ	氐 \| 氐* \| *氐	foundation / on the whole


根底 gēndǐ	根底 \| 根底* \| *根底	foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause


柢 dǐ	柢 \| 柢* \| *柢	foundation / root


慈济 Cíjì	慈济 \| 慈济* \| *慈济	Tzu Chi Foundation, an international humanitarian NGO established in 1966 in Taiwan	慈濟


海基会 Hǎijīhuì	海基会 \| 海基会* \| *海基会	Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), semi-official organization established by the ROC government in Taiwan	海基會


根柢 gēndǐ	根柢 \| 根柢* \| *根柢	root / foundation


攀供 pāngòng	攀供 \| 攀供* \| *攀供	to implicate others, without foundation, in confessing one's own crime


粉底 fěndǐ	粉底 \| 粉底* \| *粉底	foundation (cosmetics)


基金会 jījīnhuì	基金会 \| 基金会* \| *基金会	foundation (institution supported by an endowment)	基金會


砸夯 záhāng	砸夯 \| 砸夯* \| *砸夯	to pound the earth to make a building foundation


桩脚 zhuāngjiǎo	桩脚 \| 桩脚* \| *桩脚	pier foundation (architecture) / (Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support one side in an election	樁腳


基本盘 jīběnpán	基本盘 \| 基本盘* \| *基本盘	(political party's) voter base / (musician's) fan base / (a business's) customer base / the funds necessary for a venture / foundation on which sth's existence depends / bedrock (in the figurative sense)	基本盤


基桩 jīzhuāng	基桩 \| 基桩* \| *基桩	foundation piles	基樁


隔离霜 gélíshuāng	隔离霜 \| 隔离霜* \| *隔离霜	pre-makeup cream / makeup base / foundation primer	隔離霜


维基媒体基金会 Wéijīméitǐ Jījīnhuì	维基…金会 \| 维基…金会* \| *维基…金会	Wikimedia Foundation	維基媒體基金會


基盘 jīpán	基盘 \| 基盘* \| *基盘	base / foundation / (Tw) (geology) bedrock	基盤


埃涅阿斯纪 Āiniè'āsī Jì	埃涅阿斯纪 \| 埃涅阿斯纪* \| *埃涅阿斯纪	Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)	埃涅阿斯紀


自由软件基金会 Zìyóu Ruǎnjiàn Jījīnhuì	自由…金会 \| 自由…金会* \| *自由…金会	Free Software Foundation	自由軟件基金會


奠基石 diànjīshí	奠基石 \| 奠基石* \| *奠基石	foundation stone; cornerstone


里希特霍芬 Lǐxītèhuòfēn	里希特霍芬 \| 里希特霍芬* \| *里希特霍芬	Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路｜丝绸之路


公共事业 gōnggòngshìyè	公共事业 \| 公共事业* \| *公共事业	public utility / state-run enterprise / public foundation or enterprise, often charitable	公共事業


海峡交流基金会 Hǎixiá Jiāoliú Jījīnhuì	海峡…金会 \| 海峡…金会* \| *海峡…金会	Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) / abbr. to 海基會｜海基会	海峽交流基金會


消基会 Xiāojīhuì	消基会 \| 消基会* \| *消基会	Consumers' Foundation, Chinese Taipei (CFCT) (abbr. for 中華民國消費者文教基金會｜中华民国消费者文教基金会)	消基會


伊尼特 Yīnítè	伊尼特 \| 伊尼特* \| *伊尼特	Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)


国际和平基金会 guójìhépíngjījīnhuì	国际…金会 \| 国际…金会* \| *国际…金会	international peace foundation	國際和平基金會


基床 jīchuáng	基床 \| 基床* \| *基床	foundation (of building) / bed (e.g. bedrock) / substrate


打底子 dǎdǐzi	打底子 \| 打底子* \| *打底子	to sketch / to draft / to lay the foundation


李希霍芬 Lǐxīhuòfēn	李希霍芬 \| 李希霍芬* \| *李希霍芬	Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路｜丝绸之路


理论基础 lǐlùnjīchǔ	理论基础 \| 理论基础* \| *理论基础	theoretical foundation	理論基礎


经济基础 jīngjìjīchǔ	经济基础 \| 经济基础* \| *经济基础	socio-economic base / economic foundation	經濟基礎


裸婚 luǒhūn	裸婚 \| 裸婚* \| *裸婚	lit. naked wedding / no-frills civil wedding ceremony lacking a material foundation: no car, house, reception, rings, or honeymoon


邓小平理论 Dèng Xiǎopíng Lǐlùn	邓小平理论 \| 邓小平理论* \| *邓小平理论	Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control	鄧小平理論

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