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  *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)
geisha (Japanese female entertainer) / also written 藝妓|艺妓
tide of thought / way of thinking characteristic of a historical period / Zeitgeist
demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food
(loanword) maiko / apprentice geisha
geisha (Japanese female entertainer) / also written 藝伎|艺伎
improper love affair; unhealthy relationship (age-inappropriate, obsessive, incestuous etc)
Catalpa bungei or Manchurian Catalpa, a tea plant
Geithner (name) / Timothy Geithner (1961-), US banker, Treasury Secretary 2009-2013
"youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old
Sergei (name)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Russian composer
Gaelic / Geier or Gayer (name)
(ACG) art of making humorously exaggerated facial expressions (loanword from Japanese 顔芸 "kaogei")
Rachmaninoff or Rachmaninov (name) / Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Russian composer and pianist
Geiger counter


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