刨根

Chinese

		eliminate; to dig; to question eliminate; to dig; to question; a plane; to plane; level or make smooth	radical (chem.); root; basis
simp. and trad. (刨根)		刨	根
Literally: “to dig up roots”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páogēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau⁴ gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páogēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páogen
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao²-kên¹
    • Yale: páu-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paurgen
    • Palladius: паогэнь (paogɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵ kən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau⁴ gan¹
    • Yale: pàauh gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau⁴ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao⁴ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯²¹ kɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

刨根

1. to get to the heart of (the matter), to cut to the chase

Derived terms

• 刨根問底／刨根问底 (páogēnwèndǐ)
• 刨根究底 (páogēnjiūdǐ)