扎根

Chinese

		to prick; to run or stick (a needle, etc.) into; penetrating (as of cold) to prick; to run or stick (a needle, etc.) into; penetrating (as of cold); struggle; to tie; to bind	radical (chem.); root; basis
simp. and trad. (扎根)		扎	根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāgēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaat³ gan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chat-kun / chat-kin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāgēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhagen
    • Wade–Giles: cha¹-kên¹
    • Yale: jā-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jagen
    • Palladius: чжагэнь (čžagɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaat³ gan¹
    • Yale: jaat gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaat⁸ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zad³ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːt̚³ kɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chat-kun
    • Tâi-lô: tsat-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zatkwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sat̚⁵⁻²⁴ kun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sat̚³²⁻⁴ kun⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chat-kin
    • Tâi-lô: tsat-kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zatkyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sat̚³²⁻⁵ kin⁴⁴/

Verb

扎根

1. to take root
2. to build a foundation