追根

Chinese

		pursue (a problem); to chase	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (追根)		追	根
simp. #(追根)		追	根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuīgēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi¹ gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuīgēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhueigen
    • Wade–Giles: chui¹-kên¹
    • Yale: jwēi-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jueigen
    • Palladius: чжуйгэнь (čžujgɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi¹ gan¹
    • Yale: jēui gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey¹ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu¹ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

追根

1. to get to the root of something

   追根溯源，要換換思路了。 [MSC, trad.]
   追根溯源，要换换思路了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhuīgēn sùyuán, yào huàn huàn sīlù le. [Pinyin]

   Another way of thinking is required to get to the root and trace the source.

Derived terms

• 追根究底 (zhuīgēnjiūdǐ)