See 刨根問底 on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "刨根问底",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "刨根問底",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to dig up roots and inquire at the base",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to get to the bottom of something"
],
"id": "en-刨根問底-zh-phrase-ELbUaJTE",
"links": [
[
"get to the bottom of",
"get to the bottom of"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "páogēnwèndǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄆㄠˊ ㄍㄣ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "paau⁴ gan¹ man⁶ dai²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "páogēnwèndǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄆㄠˊ ㄍㄣ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "páogenwùndǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pʻao²-kên¹-wên⁴-ti³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "páu-gēn-wèn-dǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "paurgenwenndii"
},
{
"roman": "paogɛnʹvɛnʹdi",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "паогэньвэньди"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰɑʊ̯³⁵ kən⁵⁵ wən⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "paau⁴ gan¹ man⁶ dai²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "pàauh gān mahn dái"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "paau⁴ gan¹ man⁶ dai²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "pao⁴ gen¹ men⁶ dei²"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰaːu̯²¹ kɐn⁵⁵ mɐn²² tɐi̯³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "刨根問底"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "刨根问底",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "刨根問底",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to dig up roots and inquire at the base",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 刨",
"Chinese terms spelled with 問",
"Chinese terms spelled with 底",
"Chinese terms spelled with 根",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to get to the bottom of something"
],
"links": [
[
"get to the bottom of",
"get to the bottom of"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "páogēnwèndǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄆㄠˊ ㄍㄣ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "paau⁴ gan¹ man⁶ dai²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "páogēnwèndǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄆㄠˊ ㄍㄣ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "páogenwùndǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pʻao²-kên¹-wên⁴-ti³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "páu-gēn-wèn-dǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "paurgenwenndii"
},
{
"roman": "paogɛnʹvɛnʹdi",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "паогэньвэньди"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰɑʊ̯³⁵ kən⁵⁵ wən⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "paau⁴ gan¹ man⁶ dai²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "pàauh gān mahn dái"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "paau⁴ gan¹ man⁶ dai²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "pao⁴ gen¹ men⁶ dei²"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰaːu̯²¹ kɐn⁵⁵ mɐn²² tɐi̯³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "刨根問底"
}
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