井泉

Chinese

		warn; well	fountain; spring
simp. and trad. (井泉)		井	泉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngcyuán
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-chʻüan²
    • Yale: jǐng-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingchyuan
    • Palladius: цзинцюань (czincjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

Noun

井泉

1. (literary) well (for collecting water)
2. (literary) fountainhead; springhead; wellspring

Synonyms

• (well): 水井 (shuǐjǐng)
• (fountainhead): 泉源 (quányuán), (literary) 水泉 (shuǐquán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
井	泉
せい Grade: 4	せん Grade: 6
kan’on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

井(せい)泉(せん) • (seisen) 

1. a water well

   Synonyms: 井戸 (ido), 井 (i)

   • 1934, Saito Mokichi, Kakinomoto hitomaro, page 553:

     右(みぎ)の三(み)つの井(せい)泉(せん)は、同(どう)一(いつ)系(けい)統(とう)のもので、古(こ)代(だい)耕(こう)地(ち)の無(な)かった時(とき)には、一(ひと)つの井(せい)泉(せん)であったやうにも思(おも)ひ […]

     Migi no mitsu no seisen wa, dōitsu keitō no mono de, kodai kōchi no nakatta toki ni wa, hitotsu no seisen de atta yau ni mo omohi […]

     The three wells on the right are all of the same origin, and it is thought that long ago before the land was cultivated they were as one well