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Chinese Traditional: 根本
Chinese Simplified: 根本
Pinyin: gen1 ben3
Zhuyin: ㄍㄣㄅㄣˇ
English Meaning: 1. fundamental, basic, root 2. at all, simply

Example Sentences:

我根本不在乎他們在我背後說過什麼。
我根本不在乎他们在我背后说过什么。
wo3 gen1 ben3 bu2 zai4 hu1 ta1 men5 zai4 wo3 bei4 hou4 shuo1 guo4 shen2 me5.
I don't care what they said behind my back at all.
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那個專案經理根本就是無能。
那个专案经理根本就是无能。
na4 ge5 zhuan1 an4 jing1 li3 gen1 ben3 jiu4 shi4 wu2 neng2.
The project manager is completely incompetent.
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Related Words:

根根

gēn

1. root 2. base, basis 3. origins, causes 4. (a measure word for thin and long objects like cigarettes, bananas, walking sticks)

Here: root

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本本

běn

1. root, origin, source, basis 2. (a measure word for books, albums, magazines) 3. this, the current 4. one's (the speaker's) own 5. capital, principal 6. edition, version, copy 7. originally, initially 8. here, this very

Here: root, origin, source, basis

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