root in Chinese

gēn

Example sentences

X光片 xiǎnshì 显示 liǎng 两 gēn 根 shǒuzhǐ 手指 duàn 断 le 了。

The x-ray showed two broken fingers.
wǒmen 我们 shàngkè 上课 shí 时 xué 学 le 了 jiǔ 九 de 的 gēn 根 shì 是 sān 三。

We learned at school that the square root of nine is three.

本 běn HSK 1

root; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
根本 gēnběn HSK 3

fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all
根源 gēnyuán HSK 7–9

origin; root (cause)
根柢 gēndǐ

root; foundation
源 yuán

root; source; origin
柢 dǐ

foundation; root
根底 gēndǐ

foundation; grounding; background; what lies at the bottom of sth; root; cause
方根 fānggēn

(math.) root (as in "fourth root (∜)", 4次方根 (sì cì fāng gēn))
词根（詞根） cígēn

(linguistics) root

10 entries in ChineseDict list "root" as a meaning.