根本

gēn běn

A2 Level 4* ★ Core word
AdverbNoun

Definition

  1. fundamental
  2. basic
  3. root
  4. simply
  5. absolutely (not)
  6. (not) at all

Stroke order

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Example

這件事我根本不知道。

I had no idea about this at all.

Related words at this level

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).