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undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
base; foundation; basis / basic; fundamental
HSK 3
according to / basis / foundation
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
according to / based on / basis / foundation / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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)
foundation stone; cornerstone / (fig.) basis; foundation
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  *懸* | 懸* | *懸
to hang or suspend / to worry / public announcement / unresolved / baseless / without foundation
HSK 6
foundation
HSK 7-9
foundation / base / family estate
baseless (lie) / without foundation
to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
foundation (cosmetics)
foundation groove / trench for building foundation
Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control
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
HSK 7-9
international peace foundation
domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth
base / foundation / bottom
HSK 7-9
Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) / abbr. to 海基會|海基会
public utility / state-run enterprise / public foundation or enterprise, often charitable
Tzu Chi Foundation, an international humanitarian NGO established in 1966 in Taiwan
pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC
foundation (institution supported by an endowment)
underlay / foundation / pedestal
to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), semi-official organization established by the ROC government in Taiwan
(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)
socio-economic base / economic foundation
foundation (of building) / bed (e.g. bedrock) / substrate
pre-makeup cream / makeup base / foundation primer
root / foundation
foundation / footing / base / ruins (of a historical building)
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柢* | 柢* | *柢
foundation / root
theoretical foundation
foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause
pier foundation (architecture) / (Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support one side in an election
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *礎* | 礎* | *礎
foundation / base
Wikimedia Foundation
foundation stone; cornerstone
to implicate others, without foundation, in confessing one's own crime
to lay a foundation
to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
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)
to pound the earth to make a building foundation
foundation piles
base / pedestal / foundation
(page) footer / (dialect) foundation (of a building) / base
base / foundation / (Tw) (geology) bedrock
Free Software Foundation
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
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *氐* | 氐* | *氐
foundation / on the whole
lit. naked wedding / no-frills civil wedding ceremony lacking a material foundation: no car, house, reception, rings, or honeymoon
to sketch / to draft / to lay the foundation
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)


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