(zài, ㄗㄞˋ) (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress) [CE-DICT]
刨
(bào, ㄅㄠˋ) a carpenter's plane; to plane; to level; to make smooth [CE-DICT]
(páo, ㄆㄠˊ) eliminate; to dig; to question [CE-DICT]
根
(こん) (n) (1) stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence; (2) (See 基・き・1) radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); (3) {math} root; (4) {Buddh} indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs) [EDICT]
(ね) (n) (1) root (of a plant); (2) root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); (3) root root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis; (4) one's true nature; (5) (fishing) reef; (P) [EDICT]
(gēn, ㄍㄣ) radical (chem.); root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings [CE-DICT]
问
(wèn, ㄨㄣˋ) to ask [CE-DICT]
底
(そこ) (n) bottom; sole; (P) [EDICT]
(てい) (n) (1) base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; (2) base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); (3) (arch) type; kind; extent; degree [EDICT]
(de, ㄉㄜ˙) (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) [CE-DICT]
(dǐ, ㄉㄧˇ) background; bottom; base; the end of a period of time; towards the end of (last month) [CE-DICT]
