根

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 我根本不信。

  Wǒ gēn běn bù xìn

  I don't believe it at all.

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• 他根本不相信我。

  Tā gēn běn bù xiāng xìn wǒ

  He doesn't believe me at all.

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• 我根本不需要这个。

  Wǒ gēn běn bù xū yào zhè ge

  I don't need this at all.

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• 这根本不是确定的。

  Zhè gēn běn bú shì què dìng de

  It is by no means certain.

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Words containing 根

• 根本gēn běn 1–3 fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all
• 根据gēn jù 1–4 according to; based on; basis; foundation
• 根gēn 1root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry)
• 根源gēn yuán 1–2 origin; root (cause)
• 归根到底guī gēn dào dǐ 1–1–4–3after all; in the final analysis; ultimately
• 根深蒂固gēn shēn dì gù 1–1–4–4deep-rooted (problem etc)
• 扎根zhā gēn 1–1 to take root
• 根基gēn jī 1–1 foundation
• 根治gēn zhì 1–4 to bring under permanent control; to effect a radical cure
• 斩草除根zhǎn cǎo chú gēn 3–3–2–1 → 2–3–2–1to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely