1. foundation
  2. root

CEDICT

  1. origin; foundation
  2. root (of a tree)

Wiktionary

  1. 樹根
  2. 引申本源基礎。《廣韻上聲》:「。」。

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基址 zhǐ
  1. foundation
  2. footing
  3. base
  4. ruins (of a historical building)
基床 chuáng
  1. foundation (of building)
  2. bed (e.g. bedrock)
  3. substrate
基業
  1. foundation
  2. base
  3. family estate
基金會 jīnhuì foundation (institution supported by an endowment)
根基 gēn foundation
根底 gēn
  1. foundation
  2. grounding
  3. background
  4. what lies at the bottom of sth
  5. root
  6. cause
  1. foundation
  2. on the whole
chǔ
  1. foundation
  2. base
粉底 fěn foundation (cosmetics)
地腳 jiǎo
  1. (page) footer
  2. (dialect) foundation (of a building)
  3. base
基座 zuò
  1. underlay
  2. foundation
  3. pedestal
基盤 pán
  1. base
  2. foundation
  3. (Tw) (geology) bedrock
底子 zi
  1. base
  2. foundation
  3. bottom
根柢 gēn
  1. root
  2. foundation
依據
  1. according to
  2. basis
  3. foundation
我的演讲稿就是依据这个理论写的。

This is the ideology to which my speech is written.

Source: Tatoeba

底座 zuò
  1. base
  2. pedestal
  3. foundation
他們的願望被刻在雕像的底座上。

Their wish is engraved on the base of the statue.

Source: Tatoeba

根據 gēn
  1. according to
  2. based on
  3. basis
  4. foundation

classifier:

謠言是毫無根據的。

The rumor was without foundation.

Source: Tatoeba

gēn
  1. root
  2. basis
  3. classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
  4. radical (chemistry)

classifier:

我放幾根黃瓜?

Shall I put in a few cucumbers?

Source: Tatoeba

yuán
  1. root
  2. source
  3. origin
阿非利康族是源在南非形成的民族。

Afrikaners are the people originated in South Africa.

Source: Tatoeba

詞根 gēn (linguistics) root
根源 gēnyuán
  1. origin
  2. root (cause)
问题的根源是,在当今世界,愚人充满了自信,而智者充满了怀疑。

The fundamental cause of the problem is that in the modern world, idiots are full of confidence, while the intelligent are full of doubt.

Source: Tatoeba

根本 gēnběn
  1. fundamental
  2. basic
  3. root
  4. simply
  5. absolutely (not)
  6. (not) at all

classifier:

我根本不累。

I'm not tired at all.

Source: Tatoeba