不尽根

不盡根

bùjìngēn

noun

Measure Word

一个不尽根 gè

Meanings

1 surd
2 irrational root (math)

Characters

exhaust / finish

Examples

根号 2 是一个不尽根。

Gēnhào èr shì yīgè bùjìngēn.

The square root of 2 is a surd.

老师让我们化简这个不尽根。

Lǎoshī ràng wǒmen huàjiǎn zhège bùjìngēn.

The teacher asked us to simplify this surd.

Tips

memory

Literally 'not-finishing root' — a root that never 'finishes' into a clean integer or fraction. The decimal expansion goes on forever without repeating, hence 'inexhaustible'.

Stroke Order

不 bù

尽 jǐn

根 gēn