| 基本概念 | 
jī běn gài niàn | 
basic concept | 
| 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) | 
| 基本 | 
jī běn | 
basic / fundamental / main / elementary | 
|  本 | 
běn | 
(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc | 
|   概 | 
gài | 
(bound form) general; approximate / without exception; categorically / (bound form) bearing; deportment | 
|   概 | 
gài | 
old variant of 概 | 
|   概念 | 
gài niàn | 
concept / idea / CL:个 | 
|    念 | 
niàn | 
variant of 念, to read aloud | 
|    念 | 
niàn | 
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) |