Dictionary › 根底
根底
gēn dǐ
What 根底 means
- foundation
- grounding
- background
- what lies at the bottom of sth
- root
- cause
The characters in 根底
- 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
- 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
Sounds the same
Read gēn dǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.
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