基本上(jī běn shang): basically

Watch how each character of 基本上 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.

How 基本上 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

• 我了解的情况是看韩剧者基本上是一些无所事事的女人。

  wǒ liǎo jiě de qíng kuàng shì kàn hán jù zhě jī běn shàng shì yī xiē wú suǒ shì shì de nǚ rén

  From what I understand, those who watch Korean soap operas basically are women with nothing to do.

• 有时候发现自己基本上没有时间顾及一些无关紧要的琐事。

  yǒu shí hòu fā xiàn zì jǐ jī běn shàng méi yǒu shí jiān gù jí yī xiē wú guān jǐn yào de suǒ shì

  Sometimes I find that I basically have no time to pay attention to irrelevant trivia.