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根本
gēn běn
fundamental

HSK 5Legendary

What does 根本 mean?

根本 (pinyin: gēn běn) means fundamental. It belongs to the official HSK 5 vocabulary (advanced), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 根本

This is fundamentally impossible.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing · Every HSK 1–4 word containing

The characters of 根本

gēnroot (HSK 5)
běnclassifier for books (HSK 1)

Related HSK 5 words

存在cún zàito exist
信息xìn xīinformation
chóngheavy; important
目前mù qiáncurrently, at present
整个zhěng gèwhole, entire
控制kòng zhìto control
pāito clap; to take (a photo)
同时tóng shíat the same time

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