gēnㄍㄣ
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Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    root

  2. 2

    basis

  3. 3

    classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings

  4. 4

    CL:條|条[tiao2]

  5. 5

    radical (chemistry)

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他停下来抽根烟。

他停下來抽根菸。

He stopped for a quick cigarette.

警方根據現場遺下的證物把賊子找了出來。

The burglar was traced by one of the things he had left on the scene.

你這種想法有沒有根據?

Do you have any grounds for thinking so?

這個故事是根據真人真事寫成的。

This story is based on facts.

根據牛津英語詞典,「set」這個字一共有四百三十個不同的意思。

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word 'set' has 430 different meanings or senses.

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Related: 根

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