尋根

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (尋根)		尋	根
simp. (寻根)		寻	根

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xúngēn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ gan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xúngēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syúngen
  - Wade–Giles: hsün²-kên¹
  - Yale: syún-gēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyungen
  - Palladius: сюньгэнь (sjunʹgɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ kən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cam⁴ gan¹
  - Yale: chàhm gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ gen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ kɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

尋根

to find the origin or cause
to search for one's ancestral roots
回大陸尋根／回大陆寻根 ― huí Dàlù xúngēn ― to return to mainland China in search of one's ancestral roots

Derived terms

尋根問底／寻根问底
尋根究底／寻根究底 (xúngēnjiūdǐ)

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