語源

See also: 语源

Chinese

		speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to	root; source; origin
trad. (語源)		語	源
simp. (语源)		语	源

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǔyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ jyun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gú-goân / gír-goân / gí-goân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǔyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǔyuán
  - Wade–Giles: yü³-yüan²
  - Yale: yǔ-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuyuan
  - Palladius: юйюань (jujjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ jyun⁴
  - Yale: yúh yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ jyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gú-goân
  - Tâi-lô: gú-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gw'goaan
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gír-goân
  - Tâi-lô: gír-guân
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gí-goân
  - Tâi-lô: gí-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gy'goaan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan¹³/

Noun

語源

etymology; derivation of a word

Synonyms

詞源／词源 (cíyuán)

Derived terms

語源學 / 语源学 (yǔyuánxué)

See also

原語／原语 (yuányǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
語	源
ご Grade: 2	げん Grade: 6
goon	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごげん [gògéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

語(ご)源(げん) • (gogen)

origin of a word or phrase; etymology

Derived terms

語源学(ごげんがく) (gogengaku, “study of etymologies”)
語源俗界(ごげんぞっかい) (gogenzokkai, “folk etymology”)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
語	源

Noun

語源 • (eowon) (hangeul 어원)

hanja form^? of 어원 (“etymology”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
語	源

Noun

語源

chữ Hán form of ngữ nguyên (“etymology”)