原作

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make
simp. and trad. (原作)		原	作

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ zok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-chok

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánzuò
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-tso⁴
    • Yale: ywán-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuantzuoh
    • Palladius: юаньцзо (juanʹczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ zok³
    • Yale: yùhn jok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ dzok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ zog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ t͡sɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-chok
    • Tâi-lô: guân-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goanzog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² t͡sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ t͡sɔk̚³²/

Noun

原作

1. the original work (such as the source of an adaptation or translation)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	作
げん Grade: 2	さく Grade: 2
kan’on	on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんさく [gèńsákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃sa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

原(げん)作(さく) • (gensaku) ^{←げんさく (gensaku)?}

1. the original work (such as the source of an adaptation or translation)

Derived terms

• 原(げん)作(さく)者(しゃ) (gensakusha)

See also

• 外(がい)伝(でん) (gaiden): "spin-off"

Korean

Hanja in this term
原	作

Noun

原作 • (wonjak) (hangeul 원작)

1. Hanja form^? of 원작 (“the original work (such as the source of an adaptation or translation)”).