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

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:
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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

(literally) water source; water supply
(figuratively) origin; fountainhead; source

Synonyms

(water source): 水源 (shuǐyuán)
(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)
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)

river source or spring source
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

^ 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)

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