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basic / fundamental / main / elementary
HSK 3
base; foundation; basis / basic; fundamental
HSK 3
basically / on the whole
HSK 3
base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)
HSK 5
fund
HSK 5
Christianity / Christian
HSK 6
because of / on the basis of / in view of / on account of
HSK 7-9
basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer
HSK 7-9
gene (loanword)
HSK 7-9
(surveying) datum / standard; criterion; benchmark
HSK 7-9
basic skills / fundamentals
HSK 7-9
fundamental theorem
cardinal numeral
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(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
al-Qaeda
elementary particle (particle physics)
foundation groove / trench for building foundation
basal cell carcinoma
basic word
Kyiv or Kiev, capital of Ukraine
foundation stone; cornerstone / (fig.) basis; foundation
Kiel (German city)
substrate
bedrock
substrate
capital construction (project) / infrastructure
base; centre / basis; point of departure; starting point / (finance) basis point
radical (chemistry)
baseline (surveying, budgeting, typography etc) / (math.) base (of a triangle)
foundation / footing / base / ruins (of a historical building)
Gini coefficient (a measure of statistical dispersion)
foundation / base / family estate
base electrode (in transistor)
base fertilizer
Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan
main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech)
underlay / foundation / pedestal
Kiribati
Chişinău or Chisinau, capital of Moldova
basic law (constitutional document)
Henry Kissinger (1923–2023), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973–1977
fundamental tone
footing / pedestal
base station
Al-Qaeda
(psychology) schema
plinth; base; substrate
foundation piles
base body / matrix / substrate
fundamental (wave)
basic concept
genetic engineering
Chișinău (aka Kishinev), capital of Moldova (Tw)
foundation (institution supported by an endowment)
Quito, capital of Ecuador
genome
fundamental doctrine / guiding principle / raison d'être
Kisangani (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
genotype
gene therapy
Gideon (name, from Judges 6:11 onward) / also written 吉迪恩
elementary education
ground plane (in perspective drawing)
(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)
genetic mutation
Christian
base solvent (of chemical compound) / stroma (framing biological tissue)
(dental implant) abutment
a Christian
(slang) very close same-sex friend / gay partner
(genetics) locus
Protestantism
(computing) infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
fund investor / (coll.) gay person
base / foundation / (Tw) (geology) bedrock
infrastructure
genetic modification; GM
(slang) bromance / gay love
fundamentally complete / basically finished
Jinuo ethnic group
Christian Democratic Union (German political party)
fundamental frequency
Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska (Tw)
basilar artery (central artery of the brain)
(slang) the norm; typical behavior; nothing out of the ordinary; just what you'd expect (often used ironically) (abbr. for 基本操作)
basic necessity / fundamental need
basic issue / fundamental question
mapping of genome
key point; crux / (finance) basis point, abbr. to 基點|基点
basal plasma membrane
gene technology
kibbutz
(Internet slang) it's nothing, there's no need to compliment
base rate (e.g. interest rate set by central bank)
Basic Competence Test for Junior High School Students (Tw), abbr. for 國民中學學生基本學力測驗|国民中学学生基本学力测验
infrastructure
fundamental frequency / base harmonic
(slang) gay guy
Kigali, capital of Rwanda

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