原點

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)
trad. (原點)		原	點
simp. (原点)		原	点

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuándiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ dim²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-tiám

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuándiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuándiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-tien³
  - Yale: ywán-dyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuandean
  - Palladius: юаньдянь (juanʹdjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ dim²
  - Yale: yùhn dím
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ dim²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ dim²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ tiːm³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-tiám
  - Tâi-lô: guân-tiám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goandiarm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² tiam⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² tiam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² tiam⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ tiam⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ tiam⁴¹/

Noun

原點

(mathematics) origin (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)
(figurative) the state one was in before; origin
回到原點／回到原点 ― huídào yuándiǎn ― to go back to square one