水源

Chinese

		water; river	root; source; origin
simp. and trad. (水源)		水	源

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² jyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-ngièn / súi-ngiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiyuán
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-yüan²
    • Yale: shwěi-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiyuan
    • Palladius: шуйюань (šujjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² jyun⁴
    • Yale: séui yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui` ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui<sup>3</sup> ngian<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui` ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-goân
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²³/

Noun

水源

1. source of a river; headwaters; headspring; fountainhead
2. water source; water supply

Synonyms

• (source of a river): (literary, or in compounds) 源 (yuán), 源頭／源头 (yuántóu)
• (water source): 源泉 (yuánquán)

Proper noun

水源

1. (～鎮) Shuiyuan (a town in Yongchang, Jinchang, Gansu, China)
2. (～鄉) (historical) Shuiyuan (a former township in Yongchang, Jinchang, Gansu, China)
3. (～里) An urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei, Taiwan

Derived terms

• 木本水源

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	源
すい Grade: 1	げん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すいげん [sùígéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝiɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

水(すい)源(げん) • (suigen) 

1. Source of a river; fountainhead; headwaters.
2. Suwon; a city in South Korea.

References

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