jī

基 (jī) is a Chinese word meaning “(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)”.

Meanings

  1. 1(bound form) base; foundation
  2. 2(bound form) radical (chemistry)
  3. 3(bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)

Related words

基本basic基地base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)基地al-Qaeda基因gene (loanword)基金fund基督Christ (abbr. for 基利斯督[Ji1 li4 si1 du1] or 基利士督[Ji1 li4 shi4 du1])基础base; foundation; basis基于because of基本上basically基金会foundation (institution supported by an endowment)巴基斯坦Pakistan基督徒Christian

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