开三次方 開三次方 kāi sān cì fāng (math.) to extract a cube root 魔方 mó fāng Rubik's cube / magic cube 魔术方块 魔術方塊 mó shù fāng kuài Rubik's cube / magic cube 鲁毕克方块 魯畢克方塊 lǔ bì kè fāng kuài Rubik's cube / magic cube 高箱 gāo xiāng high cube container / high cube 方根 fāng gēn (math.) root (as in "fourth root (∜)", 4次方根[si4ci4 fang1gen1]) syn 立方 lì fāng cube (math.) / abbr. for 立方體|立方体[li4 fang1 ti3] / abbr. for 立方米[li4 fang1 mi3] syn 三次幂 三次冪 sān cì mì cube (third power, math.) 三次方 sān cì fāng cube (third power, math.) 差商 chā shāng (math.) difference quotient / (math.) divided difference / (math.) finite difference 板蓝根 板藍根 bǎn lán gēn indigo woad root / root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM) 块根 塊根 kuài gēn root tuber / tuberous root 藁本 gǎo běn Ligusticum levisticum (Chinese lovage root) / ligusticum root 根服务器 根服務器 gēn fú wù qì root server / DNS root server 羌活 qiāng huó Notopterygium root (root of Notopterygium incisum) 平方平均数 平方平均數 píng fāng píng jūn shù root mean square (RMS) / quadratic root 开方 開方 kāi fāng (medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity 单位根 單位根 dān wèi gēn (math.) root of unity 方块 方塊 fāng kuài cube / block / square / rectangle / diamond ♦ (in card games) syn 冰块 冰塊 bīng kuài ice cube / ice chunk syn 立方体 立方體 lì fāng tǐ cube / cubic syn 方糖 fāng táng sugar cube 水立方 shuǐ lì fāng Water Cube, nickname of Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 丁 dīng male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl syn 冰块盒 冰塊盒 bīng kuài hé ice cube tray 汤块 湯塊 tāng kuài bouillon cube 次数 次數 cì shù number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.) 参量 參量 cān liàng parameter (math) / quantity used as a parameter / modulus (math.) 偏微分 piān wēi fēn (math.) partial differential / (math.) partial derivative 原因 yuán yīn cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 根本 gēn běn fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 部位 bù wèi part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc) syn 平方 píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) 根源 gēn yuán origin / root (cause) syn 支部 zhī bù branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party syn 标本 標本 biāo běn specimen / sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease 下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn 助阵 助陣 zhù zhèn to cheer / to root for 根本原因 gēn běn yuán yīn root cause 铲除 剷除 chǎn chú to root out / to eradicate / to sweep away / to abolish syn 斩草除根 斬草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom) / to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely syn 根目录 根目錄 gēn mù lù root directory 甘草 gān cǎo licorice root 扎根 zhā gēn to take root 防风 防風 fáng fēng to protect from wind / fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), its root used in TCM 治本 zhì běn to tackle a problem at its root / to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) syn 黄芪 黃芪 huáng qí huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus 根系 gēn xì root system 莲藕 蓮藕 lián ǒu lotus root syn 除根 chú gēn to root out / to eliminate the roots / to cure once and for all syn 治标 治標 zhì biāo to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause 植根 zhí gēn to take root / to establish a base 祸根 禍根 huò gēn root of the trouble / cause of the ruin syn 牙根 yá gēn root of tooth 白芷 bái zhǐ Dahurian angelica (Angelica dahurica) / root of Dahurian angelica (used in TCM) 党参 黨參 dǎng shēn poor man's ginseng (Codonopsis pilosula) / codonopsis root (used in TCM) syn 木香 mù xiāng costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei syn 本 běn (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc syn 字根 zì gēn component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root / etymon 柴胡 chái hú Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense) / root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM) 病根 bìng gēn an incompletely cured illness / an old complaint / the root cause of trouble syn 何首乌 何首烏 hé shǒu wū Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root 根底 gēn dǐ foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause syn 白芍 bái sháo root of herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora), used in TCM 词根 詞根 cí gēn (linguistics) root 须根 須根 xū gēn fibrous root 舌根 shé gēn back of tongue / tongue root / dorsal 白头翁 白頭翁 bái tóu wēng root of Chinese pulsatilla / Chinese bulbul 丹皮 dān pí the root bark of the peony tree 根由 gēn yóu the whys and the wherefores / the detailed story / root cause syn 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 刺五加 cì wǔ jiā manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM 牛膝 niú xī Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine) 除暴安良 chú bào ān liáng to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom) / to rob the rich and give to the poor syn 玄参 玄參 xuán shēn Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis) / root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM) syn 根 gēn root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry) syn 舍本逐末 捨本逐末 shě běn zhú mò to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) / to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details syn 沙参 沙參 shā shēn ladybell root (Radix adenophorae) syn 平方根 píng fāng gēn square root 锄强扶弱 鋤強扶弱 chú qiáng fú ruò to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom) / to rob the rich and give to the poor syn 源 yuán root / source / origin syn 刨根 páo gēn lit. to dig up the root / to get to the heart of (the matter) 气根 氣根 qì gēn aerial root (botany) 侧根 側根 cè gēn lateral root (botany) 株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn 藕 ǒu root of lotus syn 芷 zhǐ angelica (type of iris) / plant root used in TCM 柢 dǐ foundation / root syn 蔸 dōu root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps syn 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì lit. to invert root and branch (idiom) / fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse syn 剪草除根 jiǎn cǎo chú gēn lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom) / fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate syn 直捣黄龙 直搗黃龍 zhí dǎo huáng lóng lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem 本固枝荣 本固枝榮 běn gù zhī róng when the root is firm, the branches flourish syn 词缀剥除 詞綴剝除 cí zhuì bō chú affix stripping / to determine the root of a word by removing prefix and suffix 二重根 èr chóng gēn a double root of an equation 代数学基本定理 代數學基本定理 dài shù xué jī běn dìng lǐ fundamental theorem of algebra (every polynomial has a complex root) 参薯 參薯 shēn shǔ Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop) 块菌 塊菌 kuài jūn truffle (edible root fungus) 宿根 sù gēn perennial root (botany) 