源泉

源泉

Chinese

		root; source; origin	fountain; spring
simp. and trad. (源泉)		源	泉
anagram		泉源

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ cyun⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): goân-chôaⁿ / goân-choân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuánquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanchyuan
    • IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ cyun⁴
    • Yale: yùhn chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ qun⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ t͡ʃʰyːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 完全 源泉

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-chôaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: guân-tsuânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goanzvoaa
    • IPA (Taipei): /guan²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan²³⁻³³ t͡suã²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /guan¹³⁻²² t͡suã¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /guan²⁴⁻²² t͡suã²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-choân
    • Tâi-lô: guân-tsuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goanzoaan
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /guan²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /guan¹³⁻²² t͡suan¹³/

Noun

源泉

1. (literally) water source; water supply
2. (figuratively) origin; fountainhead; source

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
源	泉
げん Grade: 6	せん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

源泉 (hiragana げんせん, rōmaji gensen)

1. river source or spring source
2. source in general (including of an inspiration)

   エネルギーの源 (げん)泉 (せん)は太陽光 (たいようこう)にある。

   Enerugī no gensen wa taiyōkō ni aru.

   The source of energy is the sunlight.