gēn běn

Translation

  • fundamental
  • basic
  • root
  • simply
  • absolutely (not)
  • (not) at all
  • CL:個|个[ge4]

Synonyms

Examples

  • 根本不可能买到这么贵的车子。
    Buying such an expensive car is out of the question.
  • 他赚那么多钱,根本用不完。
    He earns more money than he can spend.
  • 根本不把你放在眼里!
    I look down on you!
  • 这个世界上有些事物根本不能用言语形容。
    There are things in this world which simply cannot be expressed in the form of words.
  • 根本上说,十二生肖的形成,与动物崇拜有关。
    On a fundamental level, the 12 forms of the Chinese zodiac are related to animal worship.
  • 他发现他上学学的东西,在商界根本派不上用场。
    He found that the things he had studied in school were not useful in the business world.
  • 很可能等待着我们的幸福根本不是我们要的那种幸福。
    It may be that the happiness awaiting us is not at all the sort of happiness we would want.
Chinese Tones