根底

Chinese

		radical (chem.); root; basis	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (根底/根柢)		根	底/柢
simp. (根底)		根	底

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēndǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄣㄉㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ dai²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kun-tóe / kin-té

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēndǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄣㄉㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gendǐ
  - Wade–Giles: kên¹-ti³
  - Yale: gēn-dǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gendii
  - Palladius: гэньди (gɛnʹdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gan¹ dai²
  - Yale: gān dái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ dai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ dei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-tóe
  - Tâi-lô: kun-tué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kundoea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² tue⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ tue⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³ tue⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-té
  - Tâi-lô: kin-té
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kindea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ te⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴⁻²² te⁵³/

Noun

根底

the facts; the exact details
foundation; base
(colloquial) property; assets
front or side of an object
(Southern Min) inherent quality

Japanese

Kanji in this term
根	底
こん Grade: 3	てい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

根(こん)底(てい) • (kontei)

base
その問題(もんだい)の根底(こんてい)には、軍需産業(ぐんじゅさんぎょう)との癒着(ゆちゃく)がある。
Sono mondai no kontei ni wa, gunju sangyō tono yuchaku ga aru.
The basis of the problem is the corruption with the arms industry.

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