源泉

Chinese

		root; source; origin	fountain; spring
simp. and trad. (源泉)		源	泉
anagram		泉源

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ cyun⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-chôaⁿ / goân-choân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuáncyuán
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-chʻüan²
    • Yale: ywán-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanchyuan
    • Palladius: юаньцюань (juanʹcjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ cyun⁴
    • Yale: yùhn chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 完全 源泉

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-chôaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: guân-tsuânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goanzvoaa
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² t͡suã¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ t͡suã²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡suã²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-choân
    • Tâi-lô: guân-tsuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goanzoaan
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² t͡suan¹³/

Noun

源泉

1. (literally) water source; water supply
2. (figuratively) origin; fountainhead; source

Synonyms

• (water source): 水源 (shuǐyuán)
• (origin):

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• 來源 / 来源 (láiyuán)
• 出處 / 出处
• 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)
• 淵源 / 渊源 (yuānyuán)
• 源 (yuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 源頭 / 源头 (yuántóu) (figurative)
• 濫觴 / 滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
• 由來 / 由来 (yóulái)
• 起源 (qǐyuán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
源	泉
げん Grade: 6	せん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
原泉

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんせん [gèńséń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

源(げん)泉(せん) • (gensen) 

1. river source or spring source
2. source in general (including of an inspiration)

   エネルギーの源泉(げんせん)は太陽光(たいようこう)にある。

   Enerugī no gensen wa taiyōkō ni aru.

   The source of energy is the sunlight.

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
源	泉

Noun

源泉 • (woncheon) (hangeul 원천)

1. hanja form^? of 원천 (“source, fountainhead”)