起源

起源

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	root; source; origin
trad. (起源)		起	源
simp. #(起源)		起	源

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² jyun⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): khí-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qǐyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyuan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyuán
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² jyun⁴
    • Yale: héi yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-goân
    • Tâi-lô: khí-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ guan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ guan²³/

Verb

起源

1. to originate; to come from

Synonyms

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來源於／来源于 (láiyuányú) 來自／来自 (láizì) 來自於／来自于 (láizìyú) 出於／出于 (chūyú)

出自 (chūzì) 張本／张本 (zhāngběn) (literary) 源於／源于 (yuányú) 發源／发源 (fāyuán) (figurative)

Noun

起源

1. origin; source

Synonyms

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來源／来源 (láiyuán) 出處／出处 (chūchù) 基本 (jīběn) 本源 (běnyuán) 根本 (gēnběn)

根源 (gēnyuán) 根頭／根头 (Min Nan) 源頭／源头 (yuántóu) (figuratively) 濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
起	源
き Grade: 3	げん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 起原

Noun

起源 (hiragana きげん, rōmaji kigen)

1. origin, derivation, genesis

   日本語 (にほんご)の起源 (きげん)

   nihongo no kigen

   the origin of the Japanese language

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
起	源

Noun

起源 • (giwon) (hangeul 기원)

1. Hanja form^? of 기원 (“origin”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
起	源

Noun

起源

1. Hán tự form of khởi nguyên (“origin; beginning”).