尋根究底

See also: 寻根究底

Chinese

		to find the origin or cause; to search for one's ancestral roots
trad. (尋根究底)		尋根	究底
simp. (寻根究底)		寻根	究底

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúngēnjiūdǐ, xúngēnjiùdǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄉㄧˇ, ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ gan¹ gau³ dai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúngēnjiūdǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúngenjioudǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-kên¹-chiu¹-ti³
    • Yale: syún-gēn-jyōu-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyungenjioudii
    • Palladius: сюньгэньцзюди (sjunʹgɛnʹczjudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúngēnjiùdǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúngenjiòudǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-kên¹-chiu⁴-ti³
    • Yale: syún-gēn-jyòu-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyungenjiowdii
    • Palladius: сюньгэньцзюди (sjunʹgɛnʹczjudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ gan¹ gau³ dai²
    • Yale: chàhm gān gau dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ gan¹ gau³ dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ gen¹ geo³ dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ kɐn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³ tɐi̯³⁵/

Idiom

尋根究底

1. to get to the bottom of the matter
2. to make a thorough inquiry into something

Synonyms

• 追根究底 (zhuīgēnjiūdǐ)
• 窮根究底／穷根究底 (qiónggēnjiūdǐ)