根本
gēn​běn HSK3

at all

根本 gēn​běn
at all adverb
simply; absolutely; (not) at all; used for emphasis usually in negative sentences

我根本不认识那个人。

wǒ gēn​běn bù rèn​shi nà gè rén.

I don't know that person at all.

fundamental noun
fundamental; basic; root; the essence of a matter

我们需要从根本上解决这个问题。

wǒ​men xū​yào cóng gēn​běn shàng jiě​jué zhè​gè wèn​tí.

We need to solve this problem fundamentally.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
307.4 per million appears in 67% of films
Written text
151.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3

Cross-References

Classifier

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)