尋根

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (尋根)		尋	根
simp. (寻根)		寻	根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúngēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúngēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúngen
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-kên¹
    • Yale: syún-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyungen
    • Palladius: сюньгэнь (sjunʹgɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ kən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ gan¹
    • Yale: chàhm gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ kɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

尋根

1. to find the origin or cause
2. to search for one's ancestral roots

   回大陸尋根／回大陆寻根  ―  huí Dàlù xúngēn  ―  to return to mainland China in search of one's ancestral roots

Derived terms

• 尋根問底／寻根问底
• 尋根究底／寻根究底 (xúngēnjiūdǐ)