源頭

See also: 源头

Chinese

		root; source; origin	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (源頭)		源	頭
simp. (源头)		源	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuántóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ tau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-thèu / ngiàn-thèu
• Eastern Min (BUC): nguòng-tàu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): goân-thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nguang⁵ tao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuántóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuántóu
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-tʻou²
    • Yale: ywán-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuantour
    • Palladius: юаньтоу (juanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: yùhn tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nguòng-tàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(tʰ-)nau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: guân-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goantaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nguang⁵ tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguâng thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵/

Noun

源頭

1. source of a river; headwaters; headspring; fountainhead
2. (figurative) source; origin; fountainhead

   我的確認為我們有另一個源頭。 [MSC, trad.]
   我的确认为我们有另一个源头。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ díquè rènwéi wǒmen yǒu lìng yīge yuántóu. [Pinyin]

   I do think we have another source.

Synonyms

• (source of a river): 水源 (shuǐyuán), (literary, or in compounds) 源 (yuán)
• (origin):

• 來源／来源 (láiyuán)
• 出處／出处 (chūchù)
• 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)
• 源泉 (yuánquán) (figurative)
• 濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
• 由來／由来 (yóulái)
• 起源 (qǐyuán)

 

Related terms

• 水流 (shuǐliú)
• 源流 (yuánliú)