壓根

See also: 压根

Chinese

		to crush; to press; to push down to crush; to press; to push down; to keep under (control); in the first place	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (壓根)		壓	根
simp. (压根)		压	根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàgēn, yāgēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄣ, ㄧㄚ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aat³ gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàgēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàgen
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴-kên¹
    • Yale: yà-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahgen
    • Palladius: ягэнь (jagɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (壓根兒／压根儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàgēnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄣㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàgenr
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴-kên¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: yà-gēnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahgel
    • Palladius: ягэньр (jagɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāgēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yagen
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-kên¹
    • Yale: yā-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iagen
    • Palladius: ягэнь (jagɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (壓根兒／压根儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāgēnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄍㄣㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yagenr
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-kên¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: yā-gēnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iagel
    • Palladius: ягэньр (jagɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ kəɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aat³ gan¹
    • Yale: aat gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ad³ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːt̚³ kɐn⁵⁵/

Adverb

壓根

1. (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, erhua-ed, usually negative) in the first place; completely; utterly

   我壓根兒沒想去。 [MSC, trad.]
   我压根儿没想去。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yāgēnr méi xiǎng qù. [Pinyin]

   I didn't want to go at all anyway.

   • 1935, Lu Xun, “出關”, in 故事新編, 文化生活出版社, published 1935, page 137:

     他那里會有戀愛故事呢？他壓根兒就沒有過戀愛。 [MSC, trad.]
     他那里会有恋爱故事呢？他压根儿就没有过恋爱。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā nǎlǐ huì yǒu liàn'ài gùshì ne? Tā yāgēnr jiù méi yǒu guò liàn'ài. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• 根本 (gēnběn)
• (Xiang) 兜底 (dōudǐ)