础 (chǔ): foundation
础 (chǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “foundation.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 石 (semantic) and 出 (phonetic). It ranks #1013 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 础 stone. Its radical form 石 (stone) appears in many related characters such as 确 (què, certain, true), 碗 (wǎn, bowl), 碰 (pèng, to touch, to bump).
Definitions
- foundation
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 础
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 经济基础noun | jīng jì jī chǔ | socio-economic base |
| 基础教育noun | jī chǔ jiào yù | elementary education |
| 基础问题 | jī chǔ wèn tí | basic issue |
| 理论基础 | lǐ lùn jī chǔ | theoretical foundation |
| 现金基础 | xiàn jīn jī chǔ | cash basis (accounting) |
| 应计基础 | yīng jì jī chǔ | accruals basis (accounting) |
| 基础设施即服务 | jī chǔ shè shī jí fú wù | (computing) infrastructure as a service (IaaS) |
| 基础建设 | jī chǔ jiàn shè | (Tw) infrastructure |
| 基础结构 | jī chǔ jié gòu | underlying infrastructure (of a system, organization etc) |
| 基础设施noun | jī chǔ shè shī | infrastructure |
| 基础病noun | jī chǔ bìng | underlying medical condition |
| 基础速率 | jī chǔ sù lǜ | basic rate (as in ISDN) |
| 基础课 | jī chǔ kè | basic course |
| 零基础adverb | líng jī chǔ | no prior study (in an area of learning) |
础 appears in 15 compound words: 0 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 60 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 础 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Showing 2 of 3 idioms containing 础.
Example Sentences
打好基础对学习任何技能都很重要，不能急于求成。
Dǎ hǎo jīchǔ duì xuéxí rènhé jìnéng dōu hěn zhòngyào, bùnéng jíyú qiúchéng.
Laying a good foundation is important for learning any skill; you can't rush for quick results.
... ART 失效,关税法源转换未动摇协议基础
. . . A R T shī xiào , guān shuì fǎ yuán zhuǎn huàn wèi dòng yáo xié yì jī chǔ
... ART lapses, and the tariff law source conversion does not shake the basis of the agreement
花旗组建AI基础设施团队,抢占数据中心热潮——彭博社
huā qí zǔ jiàn A I jī chǔ shè shī tuán duì , qiǎng zhàn shǔ jù zhōng xīn rè cháo — — 彭 bó shè
Citigroup builds AI infrastructure team to seize the data center boom - Bloomberg
...召!赖清德致上最高敬意:为民主留下深厚基础
. . . zhào ! lài qīng dé zhì shàng zuì gāo jìng yì : wéi mín zhǔ liú xià shēn hòu jī chǔ
... Call! Lai Qingde paid the highest respect: leave a deep foundation for democracy
...征15%关税 专家:“B计画”也无法律基础
. . . zhēng 1 5 guān shuì zhuān jiā : B jì huà yě wú fǎ lǜ jī chǔ
... Impose a 15% tariff Expert: "Plan B" also has no legal basis
2025年国家开发银行发放公路基础设施贷款超360..
nián guó jiā kāi fā yín háng fā fàng gōng lù jī chǔ shè shī dài kuǎn chāo . .
2025 NDB disburses over 360 highway infrastructure loans...
尊重法律是我们社会的基础。
Zūnzhòng fǎlǜ shì wǒmen shèhuì de jīchǔ.
Respect for law is fundamental to our society.
物理是基础自然科学。
Wùlǐ shì jīchǔ zìrán kēxué.
Physics is the basic physical science.
丹甚至没有上过基础解剖课。
Dān shènzhì méiyǒu shàng guo jīchǔ jiěpōu kè.
Dan didn't even take basic anatomy classes.
这是建立在猜测的基础上。
Zhè shì jiànlì zài cāicè de jīchǔ shàng.
It is founded on supposition.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 石 (stone) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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