根本, gēnběn
Meaning: fundamental
HSK 5 word
Example
这根本不是我的错。
Zhè gēnběn bú shì wǒ de cuò.
This is fundamentally not my fault.
More HSK 5 words
- 导致dǎozhìto cause, lead to
- 造成zàochéngto cause
- 促使cùshǐto urge, cause
- 因素yīnsùfactor
- 有利yǒulìfavorable
- 功能gōngnéngfunction
- 反应fǎnyìngreaction
- 理由lǐyóureason
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