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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 基本

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
基本 jī běn - basic
- fundamental
- main
- elementary

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 3 1,748 446 1,348

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (bound form) base; foundation
- (bound form) radical (chemistry)
- (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
běn- (bound form) root; stem
- (bound form) origin; source
- (bound form) one's own; this
- (bound form) this; the current (year etc)
- (bound form) original
- (bound form) inherent
- originally; initially
- capital; principal
- classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Other Words Containing 基本

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
基本 5 3 1,748 446 1,348
基本上 - 3 4,535 2,883 4,961
基本功 - 9 26,498 20,424 25,851
基本法 - - 57,904 18,470 61,128
基本点 - - 68,581 - -