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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

根本

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gēnběn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
At all/ət ɔːl/
adverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我根本不累。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    In any way; to any extent; used to add emphasis, typically in negative statements, conditions, or questions.

    "I am not tired at all."
  2. 2

    Under any circumstances or whatsoever.

    "If you have any questions at all, please ask."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the preposition 'at' (from Old English 'æt') and the adjective/pronoun 'all' (from Old English 'eall'). Historically coalesced to emphasize totality or negation in interrogative, conditional, and negative sentences since the Middle English period.

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