根
gēn
HSK level: HSK 5
Meaning
root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry)
Measure word: 条
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Characters
Examples
他停下来抽根烟。
Tā tíng xià lái chōu gēn yān.
He paused to have a cigarette.
她停下来抽了根烟。
Tā tíng xià lái chōu le gēn yān.
She stopped to smoke a cigarette.
我弄断了我吉他的一根弦。
Wǒ nòng duàn le wǒ jí tā de yī gēn xián.
I broke a string on my guitar.
Words with this character
根本 gēn běn fundamental根据 gēn jù according to根源 gēn yuán origin扎根 zhā gēn to take root根基 gēn jī foundation根治 gēn zhì to bring under permanent control归根到底 guī gēn dào dǐ after all根深蒂固 gēn shēn dì gù deep-rooted斩草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots里根 Lǐ gēn Reagan培根 péi gēn bacon一根绳上的蚂蚱 yī gēn shéng shàng de mà zha see 一条绳上的蚂蚱 yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha根河 Gēn hé see 根河市 Gēn hé Shì根特 Gēn tè Ghent, city in Belgium雷根 Léi gēn Taiwan equivalent of 里根 Lǐ gēn摩根 Mó gēn Morgan申根 Shēn gēn Schengen, village in Luxemburg, location of the 1985 signing of the agreement to create the Schengen area 申根区 Shēn gēn qū箱根 Xiāng gēn Hakone, city on the east coast of Japan southwest of Tokyo约根 Yuē gēn Jurgen拔根 bá gēn to uproot病根 bìng gēn an incompletely cured illness草根 cǎo gēn grass roots侧根 cè gēn lateral root