歸根究柢

Chinese

		to go back; to return	radical (chem.); root; basis	after all; to investigate; to study carefully	foundation; root
trad. (歸根究柢)		歸	根	究	柢
simp. (归根究柢)		归	根	究	柢
alternative forms		歸根究底／归根究底

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīgēnjiūdǐ, guīgēnjiùdǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄉㄧˇ, ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ gan¹ gau³ dai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīgēnjiūdǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueigenjioudǐ
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-kên¹-chiu¹-ti³
    • Yale: gwēi-gēn-jyōu-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueigenjioudii
    • Palladius: гуйгэньцзюди (gujgɛnʹczjudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīgēnjiùdǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueigenjiòudǐ
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-kên¹-chiu⁴-ti³
    • Yale: gwēi-gēn-jyòu-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueigenjiowdii
    • Palladius: гуйгэньцзюди (gujgɛnʹczjudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ gan¹ gau³ dai²
    • Yale: gwāi gān gau dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ gan¹ gau³ dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ gen¹ geo³ dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³ tɐi̯³⁵/

Idiom

歸根究柢

1. ultimately it comes down to

See also

• 歸根結底／归根结底 (guīgēnjiédǐ)
• 歸根到底／归根到底 (guīgēndàodǐ)