根本(gēn běn): fundamental
HSK 32 characters
fundamental
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- gēn běn
- Meaning
- fundamental
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- Same
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 根本 — tap one to open its word page.
zhā扎gēn根
HSK 7-9to take root
zhǎn斩cǎo草chú除gēn根
HSK 7-9to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch
páo刨gēn根wèn问dǐ底
to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
jiǎn剪cǎo草chú除gēn根
lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
gǔ古gēn根hǎi海mǔ姆
Guggenheim (name)
mìng命gēn根
lifeblood
mìng命gēn根zǐ子
see 命根[ming4 gen1]
yǎo咬dìng定yá牙gēn根
see 咬紧牙关
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