牙根

yágēn

noun #35,814

Meanings

1 root of the tooth
2 tooth root
3 (figuratively) absolutely (with negation)

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

他牙根儿就不相信这个故事。

Tā yágēnr jiù bù xiāngxìn zhège gùshi.

He absolutely doesn't believe this story.

HSK 4

我牙根疼，可能要看牙医了。

Wǒ yágēn téng, kěnéng yào kàn yáyī le.

My tooth root hurts; I may need to see a dentist.

Tips

usage

Two senses: (1) literal dental root; (2) Beijing-flavored intensifier 牙根儿（就）不/没… meaning 'flat-out doesn't/didn't…' - equivalent to 压根儿. The intensifier sense always takes the 儿化 suffix and a negation.

Stroke Order

牙 yá

根 gēn