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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *进* | 进* | *进
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
HSK 1
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  *座* | 座* | *座
seat / base; stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
HSK 2
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  *脚* | 脚* | *脚
foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只 / classifier for kicks
HSK 2
base; foundation; basis / basic; fundamental
HSK 3
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  *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
base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)
HSK 5
legume-based product / soybean product
HSK 5
firmly-based / steady / steadfast / to have peace of mind / free from anxiety / Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2]
HSK 6
to stand / to have a footing / to be established / to base oneself on
HSK 7-9
based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle
HSK 7-9
to expand (one's client base, outlook etc)
HSK 7-9
base / mean / contemptible / despicable
HSK 7-9
base / foundation / bottom
HSK 7-9
Didi Chuxing Technology Co., aka DiDi, app-based transportation company, headquartered in Beijing, founded in 2012
Lianjiang, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian / Lienchiang County, the official name of the Matsu Islands 馬祖列島|马祖列岛, a county of the ROC (based in Taiwan)
base ingredient / base (cooking) / primer (paint)
knowledge base
screen adaptation (TV series or movie based on an online novel or video game etc)
Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Uber, app-based taxi company founded in 2009
Yokosuka city and US naval base to the west of Yokohama, Japan
basic salary / base pay / salary floor
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
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)
cardinal number / (math.) radix / base
bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)
spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
foundations (of a building) / base
base / semifinished product / (fig.) the makings of (a talented actor etc)
lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子 (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 (369-286 BC)
point of time (in time-based systems)
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  *圭* | 圭* | *圭
jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies / sundial / (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount; a smidgen; a speck
headquarters / base camp
domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth
stronghold / defended military base / base for operations / strategic point / foothold / (market) presence
to take root / to establish a base
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卑* | 卑* | *卑
low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble
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  *碱* | 碱* | *碱
(chemistry) base; alkali; soda
scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鄙* | 鄙* | *鄙
rustic / low / base / mean / to despise / to scorn
to interview (a particular person or on a particular topic) / special interview / special report based on such an interview
Evergreen (Group), Taiwan-based shipping and transportation conglomerate
DiDi, app-based transportation company (abbr. for 滴滴出行)
abbr. for 國際聯盟|国际联盟, League of Nations (1920-1946), based in Geneva, precursor of the UN
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  *础* | 础* | *础
foundation / base
land-based / on land
base; centre / basis; point of departure; starting point / (finance) basis point
baseline (surveying, budgeting, typography etc) / (math.) base (of a triangle)
foundation / footing / base / ruins (of a historical building)
to gain popularity beyond the original niche community or fan base; to go mainstream
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *垒* | 垒* | *垒
rampart / base (in baseball) / to build with stones, bricks etc
base (of a triangle) / base line / hem line (of skirt)
Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain
Fenjiu (sorghum-based Chinese liquor)
swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc)
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); a fleeting glance in passing / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information
foundation / base / family estate
Tesco, British-based supermarket chain
insect or insect-like small creature (literary) / base person (used as a curse word)
to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
(math.) radix; base
tea drink; tea-based beverage
base electrode (in transistor)
Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义)
Carmen (name) / Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美
semi-solid fat-based substance / (medicine) ointment
base of the ear / ear / (Buddhism) sense of hearing
(page) footer / (dialect) foundation (of a building) / base
Bollywood (film industry based in Mumbai, India)
base / mean / despicable
base fertilizer
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *踞* | 踞* | *踞
to be based upon / to squat
naval port / naval base
Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾
egg products / egg-based products
agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana / agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)
Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拃* | 拃* | *拃
span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand) / to span (measure with one's hand)
weak base (alkali)
naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup)
base fertilizer
Lloyd (name) / Lloyd's (London-based insurance group)
to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
lit. to besiege and rescue 趙|赵 (idiom) / fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
a dog threatens based on master's power (idiom); to use one's position to bully others
to rely on / to base oneself on
to tiller; to produce secondary shoots (in cereal crops) / tiller; secondary shoot emerging from the base of a plant (e.g. rice, wheat)
divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
fortune telling based on the subject's face
to rely on / to depend on / to imitate (a model) / to base a work (on some model)
to calculate the payment for the work sb has done (based on hours completed or items produced etc)
casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old)
Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)
Momo, GPS-based app for messaging, and potentially meeting up with, other Momo users (typically, strangers) in one's vicinity, launched in 2011
base hit (baseball)
lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information

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