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HSK
base; foundation; basis / basic; fundamental
HSK 3
basic / fundamental / main / elementary
HSK 3
basically / on the whole
HSK 3
fund
HSK 5
base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)
HSK 5
Christianity / Christian
HSK 6
gene (loanword)
HSK 7-9
basic skills / fundamentals
HSK 7-9
(surveying) datum / standard; criterion; benchmark
HSK 7-9
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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)
foundation stone; cornerstone / (fig.) basis; foundation
elementary education
basic word
Christ (abbr. for 基利斯督 or 基利士督)
genetic mutation
gene technology
because of / on the basis of / in view of / on account of
HSK 7-9
gene bank
gene therapy
basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer
HSK 7-9
Christian denomination
basic concept
Protestantism
bedrock
infrastructure
genetic engineering
basic law (constitutional document)
base station
Al-Qaeda
Gini coefficient (a measure of statistical dispersion)
cardinal numeral
fundamental theorem
foundation groove / trench for building foundation
a Christian
plinth; base; substrate
Christian
main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech)
infrastructure
underlying medical condition
al-Qaeda
radical (chemistry)
base / foundation / (Tw) (geology) bedrock
Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan
Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan
base fertilizer
elementary particle (particle physics)
key point; crux / (finance) basis point, abbr. to 基點|基点
Henry Kissinger (1923–2023), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973–1977
Christian democratic party
Kyiv or Kiev, capital of Ukraine
genetic modification
fund investor / (coll.) gay person
genetics
genetic code
cardinal number / (math.) radix / base
base electrode (in transistor)
fundamental frequency
Christchurch (New Zealand city)
baseline (surveying, budgeting, typography etc) / (math.) base (of a triangle)
underlay / foundation / pedestal
(slang) bromance / gay love
(slang) gay guy
basilar artery (central artery of the brain)
foundation (institution supported by an endowment)
genome
substrate
substrate
basic course / core curriculum
capital construction (project) / infrastructure
base rate (e.g. interest rate set by central bank)
fundamental principle
foundation / base / family estate
mapping of genome
fundamental (wave)
basic issue / fundamental question
genetic modification; GM
(psychology) schema
Al-Qaeda / same as 基地組織|基地组织
basal cell carcinoma
Kilauea, Hawaii, the world's most active volcano
fundamental doctrine / guiding principle / raison d'être
Quito, capital of Ecuador
(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)
(slang) very close same-sex friend / gay partner
Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)
foundation (of building) / bed (e.g. bedrock) / substrate
(dental implant) abutment
Kigali, capital of Rwanda
foundation piles
basic rate (as in ISDN)
basic necessity / fundamental need
genome (Tw)
Gideon (name, from Judges 6:11 onward) / also written 吉迪恩
base net (in geodetic survey)
Kiribati
kip (Laotian currency)
Christian Science
ground plane (in perspective drawing)
foundation / footing / base / ruins (of a historical building)
guild (loanword)

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