壓根

See also: 压根

Chinese edit

		to crush; to press; to push down to crush; to press; to push down; to keep under (control); in the first place	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (壓根)		壓	根
simp. (压根)		压	根

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàgēn, yāgēn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄣ, ㄧㄚㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aat³ gan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàgēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàgen
  - Wade–Giles: ya⁴-kên¹
  - Yale: yà-gēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahgen
  - Palladius: ягэнь (jagɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (壓根兒／压根儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàgēnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄣㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàgenr
  - Wade–Giles: ya⁴-kên¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: yà-gēnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahgel
  - Palladius: ягэньр (jagɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāgēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄍㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yagen
  - Wade–Giles: ya¹-kên¹
  - Yale: yā-gēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iagen
  - Palladius: ягэнь (jagɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (壓根兒／压根儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāgēnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄍㄣㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yagenr
  - Wade–Giles: ya¹-kên¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: yā-gēnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iagel
  - Palladius: ягэньр (jagɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ kəɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aat³ gan¹
  - Yale: aat gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸ gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ad³ gen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːt̚³ kɐn⁵⁵/

Adverb edit

壓根

(chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, erhua-ed, usually negative) in the first place; completely; utterly
我 壓根兒沒想去。 [MSC, trad.]
我 压根儿没想去。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ yāgēnr méi xiǎng qù. [Pinyin]
I didn't want to go at all anyway.
- 1935, Lu Xun, “出關”, in 故事新編, 文化生活出版社, published 1935, page 137:
  
  他那里會有戀愛故事呢？他壓根兒就沒有過戀愛。 [MSC, trad.]
  他那里会有恋爱故事呢？他压根儿就没有过恋爱。 [MSC, simp.]
  Tā nǎlǐ huì yǒu liàn'ài gùshì ne? Tā yāgēnr jiù méi yǒu guò liàn'ài. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms edit

根本 (gēnběn)
(Xiang) 兜底 (dōudǐ)