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壓根

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

Adverb

壓根

(Mandarin, colloquial, erhua-ed, usually negative) in the first place; completely; utterly
我壓根兒沒想去。 / 我压根儿没想去。 ― Wǒ yāgēnr méi xiǎng qù. ― I didn't want to go at all anyway.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yāgēn, yàgēn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚㄍㄣ, ㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aat³ gan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard)⁺
  - Pinyin: yāgēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄍㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iagen
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed) (壓根兒／压根儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: yāgēnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄍㄣㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iagel
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠⁵⁵ kəɻ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: yàgēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahgen
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed) (壓根兒／压根儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: yàgēnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄣㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahgel
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠⁵¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aat³ gan¹
  - Yale: aat gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸ gan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ɑːt̚³ kɐn⁵⁵/