Chinese Notes

源 yuán

yuán noun source [of a river]; origin
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 源远流长 'source is distant and the flow is long' (CCI p. 23; Guoyu '源' n 1; Kroll 2015 '源' 1, p. 576; Unihan '源')
yuán verb to follow to the source
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '源' 1b, p. 576)
yuán noun root
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 根本 (Guoyu '源' n 2)
yuán proper noun Yuan
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '源' n 3; Unihan '源')

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水资源(水資源) water resources
土地资源(土地資源) land resources
消息来源(消息來源) web feed; news feed; syndicated feed
水能源 hydroelectric power
电源供应器(電源供應器) power supply
密封辐射源(密封輻射源) sealed radiation source
再生能源 renewable energy source
光源 light source
一致资源定址器(一致資源定址器) uniform resource locator (URL); web address
传染源(傳染源) source of an infection
非洲单源说(非洲單源說) single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
单源论(單源論) theory of single origin (of mankind)
源源不绝(源源不絕) an unending stream
法源 origin of Dharma
端本正源 to straighten out from the source
追根溯源 to pursue sth back to its origins; to trace back to the source; to get to the bottom of sth
热源(熱源) a heat source
矿产资源(礦產資源) mineral resources
沿流溯源 to trace a stream to find the source
吴清源(吳清源) Go Seigen
发源(發源) to rise; to originate; source; derivation
水源 head waters ; water supply
外源凝集素 (biochemistry) lectin
讨源(討源) to seek the source
统一资源(統一資源) unified resource
兵源 manpower resources (for military service); sources of troops
货源(貨源) supply of goods
不可再生资源(不可再生資源) nonrenewable resource
钱是万恶之源(錢是萬惡之源) Money is the root of all evil.
人类起源(人類起源) origin of mankind
名源动词(名源動詞) denominal verb

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凌源、盐源县、晋源、清源、安源、罗源县、源城区、沂源、辽源、统一资源标志符、江源区、涞源、物种起源、乳源瑶族自治县、渭源县、源赖朝、晋源区、辽源市、语源学、肇源

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卷四十三志第十九地理四 Volume 43 Treatises 19: Geography 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 36
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Collocations

子源 (子源) 臧洪字子源 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十八虞傅蓋臧列傳 Volume 58: Biographies of Yu, Fu, Gai, Zang — count: 7
乱源 (亂源) 以為亂源 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十七雜言 Chapter 17: Open Discussion — count: 5
川源 (川源) 其川源塞 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — count: 4
塞源 (塞源) 除惡塞源 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十志第二十刑法 Volume 30 Treatises 20: Punishment and Law — count: 4
源水 (源水) 如源水之就下 — Guanzi 管子, 揆度第七十八 Chapter 78: Examining Standards — count: 3
异源 (異源) 百川異源而皆歸於海 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 3
后宫源 (後宮源) 後宮源典治職 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十一列傳第一后妃 Volume 41 Biographies 1: Emperesses and Consorts — count: 3
源典 (源典) 後宮源典治職 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十一列傳第一后妃 Volume 41 Biographies 1: Emperesses and Consorts — count: 3
巨源 (巨源) 字巨源 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四十三列傳第十三山濤王戎郭舒樂廣 Volume 43 Biographies 13: Shan Tao; Wang Rong; Guo Shu; Yue Guang — count: 3
阳源 (陽源) 吾猶自知袁陽源輩當平此不 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六十二列傳第二十二羊欣張敷王微 Volume 62 Biographies 22: Yang Xin, Zhang Fu, Wang Wei — count: 3