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

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

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

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