(only in compounds) root; cause, origin, source / (arithmetic) (clipping of căn thức) root / (arithmetic, colloquial, usually not followed by của (“of”)) (short for căn (thức) bậc hai) square root

(pathology) indicates diseases, illnesses

(Northern Vietnam) room

indicates houses, apartments, rooms

to align; to time (to choose when something begins)

wheat gluten

apartment, flat

(usually of knowledge or fact) basic, fundamental or foundational

for the most part; basically; essentially

the basics; the fundamentals; the essentials