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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.ground; foundation; basis
无根之谈
nonsense
根据
basis
存根
stub
- 2
n.root (of a plant)
你要给植物的根浇水。
You have to water the roots of the plants.
春天要给根施肥。
Fertilize the roots in spring.
请你把根挖出来。
Please dig out the roots.
- 3
n.origin; cause; source
词根
the root of a word
祸根
cause of the disaster
根源
source
- 4
measure word(for long, thin objects)
一根草
a stalk of grass
三根竹竿
three bamboo poles
- 5
n.foot; base (of a human bodily organ or an object)
耳根
the root of the ear
牙根
tooth root
舌根
the root of the tongue
- 6
adv.completely; thoroughly; root and branch
根究
make a thorough investigation of
根除
completely do away with
- 7
n.solution of an algebraic equation
立方根
cube root
- 8
n.radical
氨根
ammonia radical
酸根
acid radical
- 9
n.metaoffspring; descendant
根苗
offspring
Words and phrases with 根
- 根治[word]effect a radical cure
- 根除[word]eradicate
- 根系[word]root system
- 根茎[word]rhizome
- 根毛[word]root hair
- 根球[word]ball
- 根据[word]according to; basis
- 根病[word]root disease
- 根号[word]radical sign
- 根深蒂固[idiom]deep-rooted
- 根生土长[idiom]born and raised in the place
- 根深柢固[idiom]now written as 根深蒂固
- 根深叶茂[idiom]thick with leaves and deep-rooted
Chinese Characters with pinyin gēn
- 跟follow; heel