歸根究柢

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
variant 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)⁺
    • Pinyin: guīgēnjiūdǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueigenjioudii
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: guīgēnjiùdǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueigenjiowdii
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ gan¹ gau³ dai²
    • Yale: gwāi gān gau dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ gan¹ gau³ dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ gen¹ geo³ dei²
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³ tɐi̯³⁵/

Idiom

歸根究柢

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