| 基 | jī zuò | underlay / foundation / pedestal | 
| 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) | 
| 座 | zuò | seat / base; stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 师座) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc |