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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异源多倍体(異源多倍體) allopolyploid (polyploid with chromosomes of different species)
根源 origin ; foundation; root; basis ; to trace to the source ; reason; cause
耳源性 otogenic
电源线(電源線) power cable
票源 voter base
来源批判学(來源批判學) source criticism
兵源 manpower resources (for military service); sources of troops
单源论(單源論) theory of single origin (of mankind)
文化资源(文化資源) cultural resource
能源 energy; power source
逆流溯源 to go back to the source
左右逢源 to strike water right and left; to turn everything into gold; to have everything going one's way
一次能源 primary energy
药食同源(藥食同源) food and medicine come from the same source
水源 head waters ; water supply
源源 continuous
统一资源(統一資源) unified resource
病源 cause of disease
货源(貨源) supply of goods
震源机制(震源機制) focal mechanism of earthquake
核能源 nuclear power
家学渊源(家學淵源) the source of an academic tradition
源起 to originate
名源动词(名源動詞) denominal verb
中源地震 medium depth earthquake
饮水思源(飲水思源) gratitude for blessings and their source
源源不绝(源源不絕) an unending stream
密封辐射源(密封輻射源) sealed radiation source
泉源 springhead; fountainhead; (fig.) source
应激源(應激源) stressor

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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
深源 (深源) 深源之下 — Guanzi 管子, 禁藏第五十三 Chapter 53: Jin Cang — 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
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
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
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