行 háng row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column syn 进 進 jìn to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound syn 基 jī (bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) syn 基地 jī dì base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc) syn 地盘 地盤 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth syn 卑鄙 bēi bǐ base / mean / contemptible / despicable syn 基础 基礎 jī chǔ base / foundation / basis / basic / fundamental syn 卑劣 bēi liè base / mean / despicable syn 军事基地 軍事基地 jūn shì jī dì military base syn 大本营 大本營 dà běn yíng headquarters / base camp syn 据点 據點 jù diǎn stronghold / defended military base / base for operations / strategic point / foothold / (market) presence 地基 dì jī foundations (of a building) / base syn 拓展 tuò zhǎn to expand (one's client base, outlook etc) syn 生产线 生產線 shēng chǎn xiàn assembly line / production line 专线 專線 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2] 立足 lì zú to stand / to have a footing / to be established / to base oneself on 外线 外線 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 起跑线 起跑線 qǐ pǎo xiàn the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) 底座 dǐ zuò base / pedestal / foundation syn 干线 幹線 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line 基线 基線 jī xiàn baseline (surveying, budgeting, typography etc) / (math.) base (of a triangle) 底子 dǐ zi base / foundation / bottom syn 可鄙 kě bǐ base / mean / despicable syn 根据地 根據地 gēn jù dì base of operations 中线 中線 zhōng xiàn half-way line / median line 基站 jī zhàn base station 控制线 控制線 kòng zhì xiàn line of control / control line 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 边界线 邊界線 biān jiè xiàn boundary line / border line 马兰 馬蘭 mǎ lán Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang syn 基数 基數 jī shù cardinal number / (math.) radix / base 基业 基業 jī yè foundation / base / family estate syn 底薪 dǐ xīn basic salary / base pay / salary floor 卑下 bēi xià base / low syn 虚线 虛線 xū xiàn dotted line / dashed line / (math.) imaginary line 基点 基點 jī diǎn base / centre / basis / point of departure / starting point / (finance) basis point syn 植根 zhí gēn to take root / to establish a base 曲线图 曲線圖 qū xiàn tú line graph / line diagram 知识库 知識庫 zhī shi kù knowledge base 军港 軍港 jūn gǎng naval port / naval base 底数 底數 dǐ shù (math.) radix / base 垂线 垂線 chuí xiàn (math.) perpendicular line / vertical line syn 经济基础 經濟基礎 jīng jì jī chǔ socio-economic base / economic foundation 站队 站隊 zhàn duì to line up / to stand in line / (fig.) to take sides / to side with sb / to align oneself with a faction syn 基底 jī dǐ plinth / base / substrate 桥头堡 橋頭堡 qiáo tóu bǎo bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion) syn 依傍 yī bàng to rely on / to depend on / to imitate (a model) / to base a work (on some model) syn 装配线 裝配線 zhuāng pèi xiàn assembly line / production line 基质 基質 jī zhì base solvent (of chemical compound) / stroma (framing biological tissue) 空军基地 空軍基地 kōng jūn jī dì air base 隔离霜 隔離霜 gé lí shuāng pre-makeup cream / makeup base / foundation primer 安打 ān dǎ base hit (baseball) 基肥 jī féi base fertilizer syn 基体 基體 jī tǐ base body / matrix / substrate 标底 標底 biāo dǐ base number (of a tender) / starting price (for auction) syn 线图 線圖 xiàn tú line drawing / diagram / line graph 整队 整隊 zhěng duì to dress (troops) / to line up (to arrange in a straight line) 逐行扫描 逐行掃描 zhú háng sǎo miáo line by line scanning / progressive scanning 碱基 鹼基 jiǎn jī chemical base / nucleobase 分蘖 分櫱 fēn niè tiller (stem at the base of grass plants) syn 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 围魏救赵 圍魏救趙 wéi wèi jiù zhào lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom) / fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers syn 底肥 dǐ féi base fertilizer syn 坯子 pī zi base / semifinished product / (fig.) the makings of (a talented actor etc) syn 弱碱 弱鹼 ruò jiǎn weak base (alkali) 补给线 supply line / line of supply 压线 壓線 yā xiàn pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line) 实线 實線 shí xiàn solid line / continuous line 地脚 地腳 dì jiǎo (page) footer / (dialect) foundation (of a building) / base syn 票源 piào yuán (Tw) voter base 底 dǐ bottom / base / background / foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix / base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3shu4]) syn 脚 腳 jiǎo foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] / classifier for kicks syn 座 zuò seat / base / stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1zuo4]) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc syn 排 pái a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 排 pǎi a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 垒 壘 lěi rampart / base (in baseball) / to build with stones, bricks etc syn 圭 guī jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies / sundial / (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount / a smidgen / a speck syn 碱 鹼 jiǎn (chemistry) base / alkali / soda 卑 bēi low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble syn 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash syn 刨根问底 刨根問底 páo gēn wèn dǐ to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 点石成金 點石成金 diǎn shí chéng jīn to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom) / fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem 鄙 bǐ rustic / low / base / mean / to despise / to scorn syn 础 礎 chǔ foundation / base syn 准线 準線 zhǔn xiàn directrix line of a parabola / guide line 脑下垂体 腦下垂體 nǎo xià chuí tǐ pituitary glands (at the base of the skull) syn 本垒 本壘 běn lěi (baseball) home base / home plate 墨线 墨線 mò xiàn inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 基准线 基准線 jī zhǔn xiàn datum line / reference line 花托 huā tuō receptacle (base of flower) 盗垒 盜壘 dào lěi (baseball) to steal a base / stolen base (SB) 长蛇阵 長蛇陣 cháng shé zhèn single-line formation (army) / fig. long line 一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / all the way through syn 路 lù road (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind syn 收 shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn 队伍 隊伍 duì wǔ ranks / troops / queue / line / procession / CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] syn 路线 路線 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 钓鱼 釣魚 diào yú to fish (with line and hook) / to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing syn 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 