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根本

gēn běn

HSK 3 · word 1475 of 3,000

Meaning

Measure word

Example sentence

我根本不累。

wǒ gēn běn bú lèi

I'm not tired at all.

Characters in 根本

a root plus , a root. is the busier half — 本来, 基本, 课本 — and with a negative the word means not at all: 根本不知道.

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