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Jyutping gan1 jyun4
Pinyin gēn yuán

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. origin
  2. root (cause)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    一樣​嘢​開始​或者​最初​發​生​嘅​地方​(​量​詞​:​個​)
    source; origin; root
    • 我哋要從問題嘅根源着手。
      我哋要从问题嘅根源着手。
      ngo5 dei6 jiu3 cung4 man6 tai4 ge3 gan1 jyun4 zoek6 sau2.
      We have to get to the root of the problem.
  2. 近義詞
    源頭
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    root; cause; source; origin
    (syn.) 源, 来源, 源泉, 淵源, 濫觴, 出处, 根本, 渊源, 源头, 根头, 出處, 滥觞, 源頭, 由來, 來源, 起源, 本源, 根頭, 泉源, 基本, 由来, 大本
    • 找到事情的根源
      找到事情的根源
      zhǎo dào shì qíng de gēn yuán
      to get to the root of the matter
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #1326
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    想像力是一切文明的根源。
    想像力是一切文明的根源。
    xiǎng xiàng lì shì yī qiè wén míng de gēn yuán 。
    • Imagination is the root of all civilization.
  2. Mandarin
    我无法找到问题的根源。
    我無法找到問題的根源。
    wǒ wú fǎ zhǎo dào wèn tí de gēn yuán 。
    • I can't locate the source of the problem.
  3. Mandarin
    问题的根源是,在当今世界,愚人充满了自信,而智者充满了怀疑。
    問題的根源是,在當今世界,愚人充滿了自信,而智者充滿了懷疑。
    wèn tí de gēn yuán shì , zài dāng jīn shì jiè , yú rén chōng mǎn le zì xìn , ér zhì zhě chōng mǎn le huái yí 。
    • The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    • The fundamental cause of the problem is that in the modern world, idiots are full of confidence, while the intelligent are full of doubt.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    根源
    根源
    gan1 jyun4
    • source; origin
  2. Cantonese
    我哋要从问题嘅根源着手。
    我哋要從問題嘅根源着手。
    ngo5 dei6 jiu3 cung4 man6 tai4 ge3 gan1 jyun4 zoek6 sau2.
    • We have to get to the root of the problem.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    找到事情的根源
    找到事情的根源
    zhǎo dào shì qíng de gēn yuán
    • to get to the root of the matter
  2. Mandarin
    投降主义根源于民族失败主义,即民族悲观主义,这种悲观主义认为中国在打了败仗之后再也无力抗日。
    投降主義根源於民族失敗主義,即民族悲觀主義,這種悲觀主義認為中國在打了敗仗之後再也無力抗日。
    tóu xiáng zhǔ yì gēn yuán yú mín zú shī bài zhǔ yì , jí mín zú bēi guān zhǔ yì , zhè zhǒng bēi guān zhǔ yì rèn wéi zhōng guó zài dǎ le bài zhàng zhī hòu zài yě wú lì kàng rì .
    • Capitulationism has its roots in national defeatism or national pessimism, that is, in the idea that having lost some battles, China has no strength left to fight Japan.
  3. Mandarin
    战争问题中的唯心论和机械论的倾向,是一切错误观点的认识论上的根源。
    戰爭問題中的唯心論和機械論的傾向,是一切錯誤觀點的認識論上的根源。
    zhàn zhēng wèn tí zhōng de wéi xīn lùn hé jī xiè lùn de qīng xiàng , shì yī qiè cuò wù guān diǎn de rèn shi lùn shàng de gēn yuán .
    • Epistemologically speaking, the source of all erroneous views on war lies in idealist and mechanistic tendencies on the question.
  4. Mandarin
    战争的伟力之最深厚的根源,存在于民众之中。
    戰爭的偉力之最深厚的根源,存在於民眾之中。
    zhàn zhēng de wěi lì zhī zuì shēn hòu de gēn yuán , cún zài yú mín zhòng zhī zhōng .
    • The richest source of power to wage war lies in the masses of the people.