刨根問底

Chinese

		to get to the heart of, to cut to the chase	to ask	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (刨根問底)		刨根	問	底
simp. (刨根问底)		刨根	问	底
Literally: “to dig up roots and inquire at the base”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páogēnwèndǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ ㄍㄣ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau⁴ gan¹ man⁶ dai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páogēnwèndǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ ㄍㄣ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páogenwùndǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao²-kên¹-wên⁴-ti³
    • Yale: páu-gēn-wèn-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paurgenwenndii
    • Palladius: паогэньвэньди (paogɛnʹvɛnʹdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵ kən⁵⁵ wən⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau⁴ gan¹ man⁶ dai²
    • Yale: pàauh gān mahn dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau⁴ gan¹ man⁶ dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao⁴ gen¹ men⁶ dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯²¹ kɐn⁵⁵ mɐn²² tɐi̯³⁵/

Idiom

刨根問底

1. to get to the bottom of something