| 1 | 基本 | 基本 | jī běn | ji1 ben3 | basic; fundamental; main; elementary | | |
| 2 | 基础 | 基礎 | jī chǔ | ji1 chu3 | base; foundation; basis; underlying; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 基本上 | 基本上 | jī běn shang | ji1 ben3 shang5 | basically; on the whole | | |
| 4 | 基因 | 基因 | jī yīn | ji1 yin1 | fundamental tone; gene (loanword) | | |
| 5 | 基督教 | 基督教 | jī dū jiào | Ji1 du1 jiao4 | Christianity; Christian | | |
| 6 | 基金 | 基金 | jī jīn | ji1 jin1 | fund | | |
| 7 | 基地 | 基地 | jī dì | ji1 di4 | base (of operations); industrial or military base; al-Qaeda | | |
| 8 | 基层 | 基層 | jī céng | ji1 ceng2 | basic level; grassroots unit; basement layer | | |
| 9 | 经济基础 | 經濟基礎 | jīng jì jī chǔ | jing1 ji4 ji1 chu3 | socio-economic base; economic foundation | | |
| 10 | 基 | 基 | jī | ji1 | base; foundation; basic; radical (chemistry); (slang) gay | | |
| 11 | 氨基酸 | 氨基酸 | ān jī suān | an1 ji1 suan1 | amino acid | | |
| 12 | 基督 | 基督 | jī dū | Ji1 du1 | Christ | | |
| 13 | 四项基本原则 | 四項基本原則 | sì xiàng jī běn yuán zé | Si4 xiang4 Ji1 ben3 Yuan2 ze2 | the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 邓小平 in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism | | |
| 14 | 基建 | 基建 | jī jiàn | ji1 jian4 | capital construction (project); infrastructure | | |
| 15 | 基于 | 基於 | jī yú | ji1 yu2 | because of; on the basis of; in view of; on account of | | |
| 16 | 高尔基 | 高爾基 | gāo ěr jī | Gao1 er3 ji1 | Gorkii (name); Maxim Gorkii (1868-1936), Russian proletarian writer and propagandist | | |
| 17 | 基本粒子 | 基本粒子 | jī běn lì zǐ | ji1 ben3 li4 zi3 | elementary particle (particle physics) | | |
| 18 | 基督徒 | 基督徒 | jī dū tú | Ji1 du1 tu2 | Christian | | |
| 19 | 培养基 | 培養基 | péi yǎng jī | pei2 yang3 ji1 | culture medium | | |
| 20 | 基调 | 基調 | jī diào | ji1 diao4 | main key (of a musical composition); keynote (speech) | | |
| 21 | 基本功 | 基本功 | jī běn gōng | ji1 ben3 gong1 | basic skills; fundamentals | | |
| 22 | 巴基斯坦 | 巴基斯坦 | bā jī sī tǎn | Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3 | Pakistan | | |
| 23 | 柴可夫斯基 | 柴可夫斯基 | chái kě fū sī jī | Chai2 ke3 fu1 si1 ji1 | Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer | | |
| 24 | 基数 | 基數 | jī shù | ji1 shu4 | cardinal number; (math.) radix; base | | |
| 25 | 基西纽 | 基西紐 | jī xī niǔ | Ji1 xi1 niu3 | Chișinău (aka Kishinev), capital of Moldova (Tw) | | |