根基

根基

Chinese

		radical (chem.); root; basis	base; foundation; basic base; foundation; basic; radical (chemistry)
simp. and trad. (根基)		根	基

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēnjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ gei¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn-kî
• Min Bei (KCR): gṳíng-gí
• Min Dong (BUC): gŏng-*gĭ
• Min Nan (POJ): kun-ki / kin-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēnjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: genji
    • Wade–Giles: kên¹-chi¹
    • Yale: gēn-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genji
    • Palladius: гэньцзи (gɛnʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan¹ gei¹
    • Yale: gān gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn-kî
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin´ gi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹ gi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kin²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳíng-gí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyiŋ⁵⁴ ki⁵⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gŏng-*gĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kouŋ⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-ki
    • Tâi-lô: kun-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kunky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³ ki³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-ki
    • Tâi-lô: kin-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kinky
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

根基

1. foundations (of a building)
2. (figurative) foundation; basis; base; root; background
3. (figurative) family wealth

Synonyms

• (foundation): 底子 (dǐzi), 基礎／基础 (jīchǔ), 基業／基业 (jīyè), (Min Nan) 底置