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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuānyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢㄩㄢˊ
  - 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. Neipu)
  - 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

origin; source
tie; relationship
歷史淵源／历史渊源 ― lìshǐ yuānyuán ― historical ties
(literary) transmission from master or teacher to disciple

Synonyms

(origin):

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)
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):

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

(literary, literally, figuratively) deep and wide

Synonyms

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)

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
淵	源

Noun

淵源 • (yeonwon) (hangeul 연원)

hanja form^? of 연원 (“source”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
淵	源

Verb

淵源

chữ Hán form of uyên nguyên (“origin”)