起源

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	root; source; origin
trad. (起源)		起	源
simp. ^#(起源)		起	源

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² jyun⁴
Min Nan (POJ): khí-goân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǐyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyuan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyuán
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² jyun⁴
  - Yale: héi yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ jyːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-goân
  - Tâi-lô: khí-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qy'goaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ guan²³/

Verb

起源

to originate; to come from

Synonyms

來源於／来源于 (láiyuányú)
來自／来自 (láizì)
來自於／来自于 (láizìyú)
出於／出于 (chūyú)

出自 (chūzì)
張本／张本 (zhāngběn) (literary)
源於／源于 (yuányú)
發源／发源 (fāyuán) (figurative)

Noun

起源

origin; source

Synonyms

來源／来源 (láiyuán)
出處／出处 (chūchù)
基本 (jīběn)
本源 (běnyuán)
根本 (gēnběn)

根源 (gēnyuán)
根頭／根头 (Min Nan)
源頭／源头 (yuántóu) (figuratively)
濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
起	源
き Grade: 3	げん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative forms

起原

Noun

起源 (hiragana きげん, rōmaji kigen)

origin, derivation, genesis
日本語 (にほんご)の起源 (きげん)
nihongo no kigen
the origin of the Japanese language

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
起	源

Noun

起源 • (giwon) (hangeul 기원)

Hanja form^? of 기원 (“origin”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
起	源

Noun

起源

Hán tự form of khởi nguyên (“origin; beginning”).

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