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

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-yüan²
    • Yale: chǐ-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyuan
    • Palladius: циюань (cijuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² jyun⁴
    • Yale: héi yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-goân
    • Tâi-lô: khí-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²³/

Verb

起源

1. to originate; to come from

Synonyms

• 來源／来源 (láiyuán)
• 來自／来自 (láizì)
• 出乎 (chūhū)
• 出於／出于 (chūyú)
• 出自 (chūzì)
• 嚟自 (lei⁴ zi⁶) (Cantonese)
• 導源／导源 (dǎoyuán)
• 張本／张本 (zhāngběn) (literary)
• 源於／源于 (yuányú)
• 源自 (yuánzì)
• 濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
• 發源／发源 (fāyuán) (figurative)
• 發脈／发脉 (fa⁶ me⁶) (Xiang)

 

Noun

起源

1. origin; source

Synonyms

• 來源／来源 (láiyuán)
• 出處／出处 (chūchù)
• 基本 (jīběn)
• 大本 (dàběn) (literary)
• 本源 (běnyuán)
• 根 (gēn)
• 根本 (gēnběn)
• 根源 (gēnyuán)
• 根頭／根头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 泉源 (quányuán)
• 淵源／渊源 (yuānyuán)
• 源 (yuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 源泉 (yuánquán) (figurative)
• 源頭／源头 (yuántóu) (figurative)
• 濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
• 由來／由来 (yóulái)

 

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
起原

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) き​げん [kíꜜgèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

起(き)源(げん) • (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.

Korean

Hanja in this term
起	源

Noun

起源 • (giwon) (hangeul 기원)

1. Hanja form^? of 기원 (“origin”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
起	源

Noun

起源

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