根
gēn
Meaning
- root
- basis
- classifier for long slender objects, for example, cigarettes, guitar strings
- radical (chemistry)
Example sentences
请问你可以给我根牙签吗？
請問你可以給我根牙籤嗎？
qǐng wèn nǐ kě yǐ gěi wǒ gēn yá qiān ma？
Could you please give me a toothpick?
你一周吃多少根香蕉？
你一週喫多少根香蕉？
nǐ yī zhōu chī duō shǎo gēn xiāng jiāo？
How many bananas do you eat in a week?
它是可靠的, 因为这个方程式所有的根都是负的。
它是可靠的, 因爲這個方程式所有的根都是負的。
tā shì kě kào de, yīn wèi zhè ge fāng chéng shì suǒ yǒu de gēn dōu shì fù de。
It is reliable because all the roots of this equation are negative.