根本 (gēnběn) means Root (fundamental - at all). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我 根本 不知道这件事。
Wǒ gēnběn bù zhīdào zhè jiàn shì.
I knew nothing at all about this.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 根本
这是问题的 根本 原因。
Zhè shì wèntí de gēnběn yuányīn.
This is the fundamental cause of the problem.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 根本
信誉是做生意的 根本 。
Xìnyù shì zuò shēngyi de gēnběn.
Reputation is the foundation of doing business.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 信誉
宪法是国家的 根本 大法。
Xiànfǎ shì guójiā de gēnběn dàfǎ.
The constitution is the fundamental law of the state.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宪法
他连头也没抬， 根本 不理睬我。
Tā lián tóu yě méi tái, gēnběn bù lǐcǎi wǒ.
He did not even lift his head and simply ignored me.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 理睬
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Questions about 根本
How is 根本 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 根本 (gēnběn, "Root (fundamental - at all)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 根本 an HSK word?
Yes — 根本 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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