窮根究底

See also: 穷根究底

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	radical (chem.); root; basis	after all; to investigate; to study carefully	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (窮根究底)		窮	根	究	底
simp. (穷根究底)		穷	根	究	底

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiónggēnjiūdǐ, qiónggēnjiùdǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄉㄧˇ, ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ gan¹ gau³ dai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiónggēnjiūdǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyónggenjioudǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-kên¹-chiu¹-ti³
    • Yale: chyúng-gēn-jyōu-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyonggenjioudii
    • Palladius: цюнгэньцзюди (cjungɛnʹczjudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiónggēnjiùdǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyónggenjiòudǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-kên¹-chiu⁴-ti³
    • Yale: chyúng-gēn-jyòu-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyonggenjiowdii
    • Palladius: цюнгэньцзюди (cjungɛnʹczjudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ gan¹ gau³ dai²
    • Yale: kùhng gān gau dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ gan¹ gau³ dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ gen¹ geo³ dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ kɐn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³ tɐi̯³⁵/

Idiom

窮根究底

1. to get to the bottom of the matter
2. to make a thorough inquiry into something

Synonyms

• 追根究底 (zhuīgēnjiūdǐ)
• 尋根究底／寻根究底 (xúngēnjiūdǐ)