根底

Chinese

		radical (chem.); root; basis	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (根底/根柢)		根	底/柢
simp. (根底)		根	底

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēndǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄣ ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ dai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kun-tóe / kin-té

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēndǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gendǐ
    • Wade–Giles: kên¹-ti³
    • Yale: gēn-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gendii
    • Palladius: гэньди (gɛnʹdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan¹ dai²
    • Yale: gān dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-tóe
    • Tâi-lô: kun-tué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kundoea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² tue⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ tue⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³ tue⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-té
    • Tâi-lô: kin-té
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kindea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴⁻²² te⁵³/

Noun

根底

1. the facts; the exact details
2. foundation; base
3. (colloquial) property; assets
4. front or side of an object
5. (Southern Min) inherent quality

Japanese

Kanji in this term
根	底
こん Grade: 3	てい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

根(こん)底(てい) • (kontei) 

1. base

   その問題(もんだい)の根底(こんてい)には、軍需産業(ぐんじゅさんぎょう)との癒着(ゆちゃく)がある。

   Sono mondai no kontei ni wa, gunju sangyō tono yuchaku ga aru.

   The basis of the problem is the corruption with the arms industry.