源流

Chinese

		root; source; origin	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (源流)		源	流
simp. #(源流)		源	流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánlióu
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-liu²
    • Yale: ywán-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanliou
    • Palladius: юаньлю (juanʹlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ lau⁴
    • Yale: yùhn làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ lɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-liû
    • Tâi-lô: guân-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goanliuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² liu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ liu²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 源流

1. source and course (of a river, etc.)
2. origin and development
3. full particulars

Related terms

• 水流 (shuǐliú)
• 源頭／源头 (yuántóu)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
源	流
げん Grade: 6	りゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

源(げん)流(りゅう) • (genryū) 

1. river source, headstream, headwaters

   源流(げんりゅう)を目指(めざ)して旅(たび)に出(で)た。

   Genryū o mezashite tabi ni deta.

   We traveled to the river source.

2. source of something such as a civilization or culture