Zhè jiā gōngsī zài nánfāng yǒu yí ge shēngchǎn jīdì.
This company has a production base in the south.
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How 基地 is built
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基jībase; foundation
其his · qíSound part
土earth · tǔMeaning part
土 hints at the meaning (earth); 其 (qí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jī.
地dìearth
土earth · tǔMeaning part
也also · yěSound part
土 hints at the meaning (earth); 也 (yě) hints at the sound. Compare it with dì.
Memory aidEarth 土 gives the meaning: the ground, a place.
How to write 基地
基 11 strokes · 地 6 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 基地 (jīdì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
基地 (jīdì) means “base (of operations)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jīdì: jī with a 1st tone, then dì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 基地 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jidi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 基地 from the suggestions. Typing jidi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
基地 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
基jī1st tone, high and level
地dì4th tone, falling
