Learn HSK courses HSK 2.0 Current standard HSK 3.0 Coming soon Practice Flashcards & reading Flashcards SRS practice Reading Practice with texts HSK Decks Browse & enroll decks My Decks Manage custom decks Reference Dictionary & hanzi Dictionary Search everything Hanzi Characters & strokes Play Games All Games Pick a game Hanzi Hunter Pinyin typing shooter Tone Trials Train your ear Memory March New or seen before? High Scores Your best runs Progress Stats & rankings Stats Your learning dashboard Achievements Badges & milestones Leaderboards How you rank Reviews What learners say
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
Learn
HSK 2.0 Current standard HSK 3.0 Coming soon
Practice
Flashcards SRS practice Reading Practice with texts HSK Decks Browse & enroll decks My Decks Manage custom decks
Reference
Dictionary Search everything Hanzi Characters & strokes
Play
All Games Pick a game Hanzi Hunter Pinyin typing shooter Tone Trials Train your ear Memory March New or seen before? High Scores Your best runs
Progress
Stats Your learning dashboard Achievements Badges & milestones Leaderboards How you rank Reviews What learners say
Login Sign Up
Back to Dictionary
础
礎
chǔ
1. foundation
2. base
Common • Top 6%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

础
chǔ
foundation stone, plinth; basis
HSK 4 10 丶

Compound Words (12)

基础
jīchǔ
base
HSK 4
基础课
jīchǔkè
basic book
零基础
língjīchǔ
from scratch
基础问题
jīchǔwèntí
basic issue
基础教育
jīchǔjiàoyù
elementary education
基础结构
jīchǔjiégòu
infrastructure
基础设施
jīchǔshèshī
infrastructure
基础速率
jīchǔsùlǚ
basic rate (as in ISDN)
应计基础
yīngjìjīchǔ
accruals basis (accounting)
现金基础
xiànjīnjīchǔ
cash basis (accounting)
理论基础
lǐlùnjīchǔ
theoretical foundation
经济基础
jīngjìjīchǔ
socio-economic base

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,013
Word Frequency Rank
5,319 of 84,292

LearnChinese.ai

Master Mandarin

Site

About Custom Decks Accounts & Social Contact

Editorial

Learning Resources Blog HSK 2.0 vs 3.0

Legal

Privacy Policy Terms of Service

Plans

Plans

© 2026 LearnChinese.ai. All rights reserved.