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基jī本běn上shang

  1. basically; on the whole

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基
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(bound form) base; foundation, (bound form) radical (chemistry), (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)

Pinyin
jī
Strokes
11
Frequency
3484 of 2500
Words starting with 基Words ending in 基Anywhere in a word
本
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(bound form) root; stem, (bound form) origin; source, (bound form) one's own; this, (bound form) this; the current (year etc), (bound form) original, (bound form) inherent, originally; initially, capital; principal, classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Pinyin
běn
Strokes
5
Frequency
799 of 2500
Words starting with 本Words ending in 本Anywhere in a word
上
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]

Pinyin
shǎng
Strokes
3
Frequency
61 of 2500
Words starting with 上Words ending in 上Anywhere in a word