壓根

壓根

See also: 压根

Chinese

		to crush; to press; to push down to crush; to press; to push down; to keep under (control); in the first place	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (壓根)		壓	根
simp. (压根)		压	根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàgēn, yāgēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄣ, ㄧㄚ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aat³ gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: yàgēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahgen
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ä⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (壓根兒／压根儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: yàgēnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄣㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahgel
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ä⁵¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: yāgēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄍㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iagen
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ä⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (壓根兒／压根儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: yāgēnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄍㄣㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iagel
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ä⁵⁵ kəɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aat³ gan¹
    • Yale: aat gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ad³ gen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /äːt̚³ kɐn⁵⁵/

Adverb

壓根

1. (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, erhua-ed, usually negative) in the first place; completely; utterly

   我壓根兒沒想去。 / 我压根儿没想去。  ―  Wǒ yāgēnr méi xiǎng qù.  ―  I didn't want to go at all anyway.

Synonyms

• 根本 (gēnběn)
• 從來／从来 (cónglái)
• 本來／本来 (běnlái)