根 gēn

root, base(d on); foundation

HSK 3 #352

DEFINITIONS

  • root, base(d on)
  • foundation
  • root
  • basis
  • classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
  • CL:條|条[tiao2]
  • radical (chemistry)

STROKES

WORDS

根治 gēn zhì to bring under permanent control; to effect a radical cure
祸根 huò gēn root of the trouble; cause of the ruin
哈根达斯 hā gēn dá sī Häagen-Dazs
追根 zhuī gēn to trace sth back to its source; to get to the bottom of sth
卑尔根 bēi ěr gēn Bergen
命根 mìng gēn lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes most in life; (coll.) family jewels (male genitals)
根据地 gēn jù dì base of operations
根特 gēn tè Ghent, city in Belgium
牙根 yá gēn root of tooth
词根 cí gēn radical of a compound word (in European language)
根茎 gēn jīng stolon; runner; rhizome; rhizoma
箱根 xiāng gēn Hakone, city on the east coast of Japan southwest of Tokyo
维特根斯坦 wéi tè gēn sī tǎn Wittgenstein (name)
吐根 tǔ gēn ipecac
古根海姆 gǔ gēn hǎi mǔ Guggenheim (name)
图林根 tú lín gēn Thuringia (state in Germany)
块根 kuài gēn root tuber; tuberous root
植根 zhí gēn to take root; to establish a base
病根 bìng gēn an incompletely cured illness; an old complaint; the root cause of trouble
舌根 shé gēn back of tongue; tongue root; dorsal
根底 gēn dǐ foundation; grounding; background; what lies at the bottom of sth; root; cause
根须 gēn xū roots
齿根 chǐ gēn root of tooth
安重根 ān zhòng gēn An Jung-geun or Ahn Joong-keun (1879-1910), Korean independence activist, famous as assassin of Japanese prime minister ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤博文[Yi1 teng2 Bo2 wen2] in 1909
根河 gēn hé Genhe county level city, Mongolian Gegeen-gol xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
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