刨根問底

Chinese

		to dig up roots; to get to the heart of, to cut to the chase	to ask	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (刨根問底)		刨根	問	底
simp. (刨根问底)		刨根	问	底
Literally: “to dig up roots and inquire at the base”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): páogēnwèndǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ ㄍㄣㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paau⁴ gan¹ man⁶ dai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: páogēnwèndǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ ㄍㄣㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: páogenwùndǐ
  - Wade–Giles: pʻao²-kên¹-wên⁴-ti³
  - Yale: páu-gēn-wèn-dǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paurgenwenndii
  - Palladius: паогэньвэньди (paogɛnʹvɛnʹdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵ kən⁵⁵ wən⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paau⁴ gan¹ man⁶ dai²
  - Yale: pàauh gān mahn dái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paau⁴ gan¹ man⁶ dai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: pao⁴ gen¹ men⁶ dei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯²¹ kɐn⁵⁵ mɐn²² tɐi̯³⁵/

Idiom

刨根問底

to get to the bottom of something

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