淵源

See also: 渊源

Chinese

		abyss	root; source; origin
trad. (淵源)		淵	源
simp. (渊源)		渊	源

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuānyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ jyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yên-ngièn / yân-ngiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ian-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuānyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuanyuán
    • Wade–Giles: yüan¹-yüan²
    • Yale: ywān-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuanyuan
    • Palladius: юаньюань (juanʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun¹ jyun⁴
    • Yale: yūn yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun¹ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien^ˊ ngien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian^ˊ ngian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-goân
    • Tâi-lô: ian-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ien'goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²³/

Noun

淵源

1. origin; source
2. tie; relationship

   歷史淵源／历史渊源  ―  lìshǐ yuānyuán  ―  historical ties

3. (literary) transmission from master or teacher to disciple

Synonyms

• (origin):

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• 來源／来源 (láiyuán)
• 出處／出处 (chūchù)
• 基本 (jīběn)
• 大本 (dàběn) (literary)
• 本源 (běnyuán)
• 根 (gēn)
• 根本 (gēnběn)
• 根源 (gēnyuán)
• 根頭／根头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 泉源 (quányuán)
• 源 (yuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 源泉 (yuánquán) (figurative)
• 源頭／源头 (yuántóu) (figurative)
• 濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
• 由來／由来 (yóulái)
• 起源 (qǐyuán)

 

• (tie):

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• 交插 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 干涉 (gānshè) (literary)
• 干過 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 底代 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 相互聯繫／相互联系 (xiānghù liánxì)
• 芥蒂 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 連牽／连牵 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 關係／关系

 

• (transmission from master or teacher to disciple): 師承／师承 (shīchéng), 師傳／师传 (shīchuán)

Adjective

淵源

1. (literary, literally, figuratively) deep and wide

Synonyms

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• 汪汪 (wāngwāng) (literary, of a body of water)
• 深廣／深广 (shēnguǎng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淵	源
えん Jinmeiyō	げん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんげん [èńgéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

淵(えん)源(げん) • (engen) 

1. origin, source
   • 1890, Inoue Kowashi, 教育ニ関スル勅語 [Imperial Rescript on Education]‎:

     教(きょう)育(いく)ノ淵(えん)源(げん)亦(また)實(じつ)ニ此(ここ)ニ存(そん)ス。

     Kyōiku no engen mata jitsu ni koko ni son su.

     Herein also lies the source of Our education.