斷根

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (斷根)		斷	根
simp. (断根)		断	根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duàngēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun⁵ gan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tn̄g-kin / tn̄g-kun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duàngēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duàngen
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-kên¹
    • Yale: dwàn-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duanngen
    • Palladius: дуаньгэнь (duanʹgɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tyun⁵ gan¹
    • Yale: tyúhn gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tyn⁵ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tün⁵ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːn¹³ kɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-kin
    • Tâi-lô: tn̄g-kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngxkyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍³³⁻²¹ kin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-kun
    • Tâi-lô: tn̄g-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngxkwn
    • IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ kun⁴⁴/

Verb

斷根

1. to sever roots of a plant
2. to eradicate (a disease, a bad habit, etc.)
3. (Mainland China) to have no heirs