基 jī
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
基本功
jīběngōng
basic skills; fundamentals
Characters in this word
功 gōng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 力 — strength, power
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 真正优秀的译者不只是词汇量大，更要有扎实的语法和表达基本功。 Zhēnzhèng yōuxiù de yìzhě bù zhǐ shì cíhuìliàng dà, gèng yào yǒu zhāshi de yǔfǎ hé biǎodá jīběngōng. A truly excellent translator not only has a large vocabulary, but also needs solid fundamentals in grammar and expression.
- 练习书法要先打好基本功，不能着急。 Liànxí shūfǎ yào xiān dǎ hǎo jīběngōng, bù néng zháojí. To practise calligraphy you must first lay down solid basics; you can't be impatient.
- 舞蹈演员每天都要练基本功，哪怕已经跳得很好。 Wǔdǎo yǎnyuán měitiān dōu yào liàn jīběngōng, nǎpà yǐjīng tiào de hěn hǎo. Dancers practise the basics every day, even when they already dance very well.
Related words
- 基本 jīběn basic
- 基本上 jīběnshang basically; mostly
- 基础 jīchǔ foundation; basics
- 基地 jīdì base
- 基金 jījīn fund
- 基因 jīyīn gene
- 根基 gēnjī foundation; basis
- 基层 jīcéng grass-roots; basic level
- 基建 jījiàn infrastructure construction; capital construction
- 基金会 jījīnhuì foundation
- 基于 jīyú based on; on the basis of
- 基准 jīzhǔn benchmark; reference standard; baseline