基 jī
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
基建
jījiàn
infrastructure construction; capital construction
Characters in this word
建 jiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 廴 — to walk, to go
- Made of
- 廴 to walk, to go 聿 writing brush, pencil
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 过度依赖基建投资，可能在短期内拉动增长，却留下沉重债务。 Guòdù yīlài jījiàn tóuzī, kěnéng zài duǎnqī nèi lādòng zēngzhǎng, què liúxià chénzhòng zhàiwù. Excessive reliance on infrastructure investment may drive short-term growth but leave behind heavy debt.
- 国家加大对基建的投入，新修了很多公路和桥梁。 Guójiā jiādà duì jījiàn de tóurù, xīn xiū le hěn duō gōnglù hé qiáoliáng. The state stepped up investment in infrastructure and built many new roads and bridges.
- 这个县最近几年基建发展很快，交通方便多了。 Zhège xiàn zuìjìn jǐ nián jījiàn fāzhǎn hěn kuài, jiāotōng fāngbiàn duō le. Infrastructure construction in this county has grown quickly in recent years, and transport is much more convenient.
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
- 基本功 jīběngōng basic skills; fundamentals
- 基层 jīcéng grass-roots; basic level
- 基金会 jījīnhuì foundation
- 基于 jīyú based on; on the basis of
- 基准 jīzhǔn benchmark; reference standard; baseline