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根 gēn

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根 gēn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gēn | gen1
English translation
root
basis
classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
CL:條 tiáo
>条 tiáo [tiáo]
radical (chemistry)
root, basis, foundation

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About 根 gēn

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HSK level

5

Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

根 gēn

Contains the radical

木 Mù

Part of speech

Preposition / 介词 jiè cí Jiècí

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of 根 gēn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰木艮

Semantic compound

木 Mù

Phonetic compound

艮 gěn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 木 Mù represents the meaning and 艮 gěn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 根 gēn

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这 zhè 棵 kē 小 xiǎo 树 shù 已经 yǐjīng 扎根 zhā gēn 了 le .

The young tree has struck root.

咱们 zámen 把 bǎ 这 zhè 两 liǎng 根 gēn 管子 Guǎnzǐ 接 jiē 起来 qǐlai 拧 níng 紧 jǐn .

Let's screw the two pipes together end to end.

这 zhè 根 gēn 线 xiàn 向 Xiàng 左 Zuǒ 斜 xié 了 le .

The line is slanting to the left.

辣根 là gēn 过氧化物 guò yǎng huà wù 酶 méi (HRP ) 在 zài 酶 méi 免疫 miǎnyì 分析 fēnxī 中 Zhōng 得到 dé dào 广泛 guǎngfàn 应用 yìngyòng .

HRP has been widely used in enzyme immunoassay ( EIA ).

狗 gǒu 在 zài 啃 kěn 一 yī 根 gēn 骨头 gǔtou .

The dog was chewing a bone.

Words with 根 gēn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
根本 gēnběn basic根本 gēnběn
根据 gēnjù according to根據
根 gēn root根 gēn
阿根廷 Ā gēn tíng Argentina阿根廷 Ā gēn tíng
根源 gēnyuán origin根源 gēnyuán
摩根 Mó gēn Morgan (name)摩根 Mó gēn
草根 cǎo gēn grassroots草根 cǎo gēn
根据地 gēn jù dì base of operations根據地
培根 péi gēn bacon (loanword)培根 péi gēn
根治 gēn zhì to effect a radical cure根治 gēn zhì
里根 Lǐ gēn Reagan (name)里根 Lǐ gēn
根基 gēn jī foundation根基 gēn jī
扎根 zhā gēn to take root扎根 zhā gēn
归根结底 guī gēn jié dǐ ultimately歸根結底
压根 yà gēn from the start壓根
根深蒂固 gēnshēndìgù deep-rooted (problem etc)根深蒂固 gēnshēndìgù
归根到底 guīgēndàodǐ after all歸根到底
压根儿 yà gēn r from the start壓根兒
根除 gēn chú to eradicate根除 gēn chú
摩根士丹利 Mó gēn Shì dān lì Morgan Stanley (financial services company)摩根士丹利 Mó gēn Shì dān lì
树根 shù gēn tree roots樹根
密歇根州 Mì xiē gēn zhōu Michigan, US state密歇根州 Mì xiē gēn zhōu
根系 gēn xì root system根系 gēn xì

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