基 jī
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
基准
jīzhǔn
benchmark; reference standard; baseline
Characters in this word
准 zhǔn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 新标准以最低生活成本为基准，重新测算补贴额度。 Xīn biāozhǔn yǐ zuìdī shēnghuó chéngběn wéi jīzhǔn, chóngxīn cèsuàn bǔtiē édù. The new standard uses the minimum cost of living as the baseline to recalculate subsidy amounts.
- 我们把去年的销量作为基准，来比较今年的变化。 Wǒmen bǎ qùnián de xiāoliàng zuòwéi jīzhǔn, lái bǐjiào jīnnián de biànhuà. We use last year's sales as the baseline to compare this year's changes.
- 这次比赛没有统一的基准，裁判只能凭经验打分。 Zhè cì bǐsài méiyǒu tǒngyī de jīzhǔn, cáipàn zhǐ néng píng jīngyàn dǎfēn. This competition has no unified standard, so the judges can only score by experience.
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
- 基建 jījiàn infrastructure construction; capital construction
- 基金会 jījīnhuì foundation
- 基于 jīyú based on; on the basis of