根除

Chinese

		radical (chem.); root; basis	remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except
simp. and trad. (根除)		根	除
anagram		除根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēnchú

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄣ ㄔㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ ceoi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kun-tû / kun-tîr / kin-tî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēnchú
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ ㄔㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: genchú
    • Wade–Giles: kên¹-chʻu²
    • Yale: gēn-chú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genchwu
    • Palladius: гэньчу (gɛnʹču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gan¹ ceoi⁴
    • Yale: gān chèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ tsoey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ cêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 根除 跟隨 / 跟随

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-tû
    • Tâi-lô: kun-tû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kunduu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² tu²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ tu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-tîr
    • Tâi-lô: kun-tîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³ tɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-tî
    • Tâi-lô: kin-tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kindii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴⁻²² ti¹³/

Verb

根除

1. (transitive) to eradicate; to root out

   根除腐敗／根除腐败  ―  gēnchú fǔbài  ―  to root out corruption

Synonyms

edit

• 亡
• 剪除 (jiǎnchú)
• 埋葬 (máizàng) (literary, figuratively)
• 打掉 (dǎdiào)
• 撲滅 / 扑灭 (pūmiè)
• 收拾 (colloquial)
• 殲滅 / 歼灭 (jiānmiè)
• 殺滅 / 杀灭 (shāmiè)
• 毀滅 / 毁灭 (huǐmiè)
• 泯絕 / 泯绝 (mǐnjué) (literary)
• 消滅 / 消灭 (xiāomiè)
• 滅亡 / 灭亡 (mièwáng)
• 滅殺 / 灭杀 (mièshā)
• 滅絕 / 灭绝 (mièjué)
• 絕滅 / 绝灭 (juémiè)
• 翦除 (jiǎnchú) (literary)
• 解決 / 解决 (jiějué)
• 討滅 / 讨灭 (tǎomiè) (literary)