經濟基礎

Chinese

		economy; finance	foundation; base
trad. (經濟基礎)		經濟	基礎
simp. (经济基础)		经济	基础

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngjì jīchǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧ ㄔㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ zai³ gei¹ co²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngjì jīchǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧ ㄔㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingjì jichǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-chi⁴ chi¹-chʻu³
    • Yale: jīng-jì jī-chǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingjih jichuu
    • Palladius: цзинцзи цзичу (czinczi cziču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ zai³ gei¹ co²
    • Yale: gīng jai gēi chó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ dzai³ gei¹ tso²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ zei³ géi¹ co²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³³ kei̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵/

Noun

經濟基礎

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 經濟 / 经济 (jīngjì),‎ 基礎 / 基础 (jīchǔ): economic basis; economic base
2. (Marxism) economic basis; economic base

   • 馬克思主義告訴我們，民主屬於上層建築，屬於政治這個範疇。這就是說，歸根結蒂，它是為經濟基礎服務的。 [MSC, trad.]
     马克思主义告诉我们，民主属于上层建筑，属于政治这个范畴。这就是说，归根结蒂，它是为经济基础服务的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Mǎkèsī zhǔyì gàosu wǒmen, mínzhǔ shǔyú shàngcéng jiànzhù, shǔyú zhèngzhì zhège fànchóu. Zhè jiù shì shuō, guīgēnjiédì, tā shì wèi jīngjì jīchǔ fúwù de. [Pinyin]

     Marxism teaches us that democracy is part of the superstructure and belongs to the realm of politics. That is to say, in the last analysis, it serves the economic base.