原點

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)
trad. (原點)		原	點
simp. (原点)		原	点

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuándiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ dim²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-tiám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuándiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuándiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-tien³
    • Yale: ywán-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuandean
    • Palladius: юаньдянь (juanʹdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ dim²
    • Yale: yùhn dím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ dim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ dim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ tiːm³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-tiám
    • Tâi-lô: guân-tiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goandiarm
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² tiam⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² tiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² tiam⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ tiam⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ tiam⁴¹/

Noun

原點

1. (mathematics) origin (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)
2. (figurative) the state one was in before; origin

   回到原點／回到原点  ―  huídào yuándiǎn  ―  to go back to square one

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	點
げん Grade: 2	てん Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 原點 – see the following entry.

【原点げんてん】 [noun] (mathematics) origin [noun] (measurement) reference point [noun] starting, beginning, original state

(This term, 原點, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)