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): ㄓㄨㄟㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi¹ gan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuīgēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟㄍㄣ
  - 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): /t͡ʃɵy̯⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

追根

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)

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