來源

See also: 来源

Chinese

		to come	root; source; origin
trad. (來源)		來	源
simp. (来源)		来	源
2nd round simp.		来沅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): láiyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄩㄢˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лэйүан (leyüan, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ jyun⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): loi² ngian²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lâi-goân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lai⁵ nguang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láiyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láiyuán
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-yüan²
    • Yale: lái-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laiyuan
    • Palladius: лайюань (lajjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лэйүан (leyüan, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛ²⁴ yæ̃⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ jyun⁴
    • Yale: lòih yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ jyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: loi² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /loɪ¹¹ ŋian¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-goân
    • Tâi-lô: lâi-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lai'goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lai²⁴⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²³⁻³³ ɡuan²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lai⁵ nguang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâi nguâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ŋuaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

來源

1. source; origin

   該血樣來源不明。 [MSC, trad.]
   该血样来源不明。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gāi xuèyàng láiyuán bùmíng. [Pinyin]

   The source of the blood sample is unknown.

   • 1984, Юсуп Цунвазо (I͡usup Cunvazo), Хуэйзў йүянди лэйүан хуадян (Hueyzw yüi͡andi leyüan huadi͡an):

     «Хуэйзў йүянди лэйүан хуадян»

     «Hueyzw yüi͡andi leyüan huadi͡an»

     《回族語言的來源話典》
     Etymological dictionary of the Dungan language

Synonyms

• 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)
• 起源 (qǐyuán)

 

Derived terms

• 經濟來源／经济来源 (jīngjì láiyuán)

 

Verb

來源

1. to originate; to arise

Synonyms

• 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)
• 起源 (qǐyuán)

 

Derived terms

• 來源於／来源于