根基

根基	gēn jī	foundation
根	gēn	root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:条 / radical (chemistry)
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)