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The Cantonese word gan bun - 根本 - gan1 bun2
(basic in Cantonese)
Romanization (Jyutping)
gan1 bun2
English translations
basic, root, at all, simply, thoroughly,
radical, entirely, completely, radically
Chinese characters:
根本
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The traditional Chinese characters of gan1 bun2 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
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根本 ( gan bun / gan1 bun2 ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 660)
根本 ( gan bun / gan1 bun2 ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 660)
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