水源

Chinese

		water; river	root; source; origin
simp. and trad. (水源)		水	源

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² jyun⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): súi-ngièn / súi-ngiàn

  (Hailu, HRS): shui^ˊ ngien

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-goân / súi-goân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zui² nguang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiyuán
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-yüan²
    • Yale: shwěi-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiyuan
    • Palladius: шуйюань (šujjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 水原 水源

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² jyun⁴
    • Yale: séui yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui^ˋ ngien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui^ˋ ngian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shui^ˊ ngien
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃui²⁴⁻³³ ŋien⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-goân
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'goaan
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: súi-goân
    • Tâi-lô: suí-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suy'goaan
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zui² nguang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsúi nguâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋuaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

水源

1. source of a river; headwaters; headspring; fountainhead
2. water source; water supply

Synonyms

• (source of a river):

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• 水源頭 / 水源头 (Hokkien)
• 水頭 / 水头 (Hokkien)
• 源 (yuán)
• 源頭 / 源头 (yuántóu)

• (water source): 源泉 (yuánquán)

Proper noun

水源

1. (～鎮) Shuiyuan (a town in Yongchang, Jinchang, Gansu, China)
2. (～鄉) (historical) Shuiyuan (a former township in Yongchang, Jinchang, Gansu, China)
3. (～里) an urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei City, Taiwan
4. (～市, formerly ～縣) Thủy Nguyên (a city in Vietnam)

Derived terms

• 木本水源

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	源
すい Grade: 1	げん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すいげん [sùígéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨiɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

水(すい)源(げん) • (suigen) 

1. Source of a river; fountainhead; headwaters.
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Suwon; a city in South Korea.

References

• “水源”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN