源頭

See also: 源头

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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
• Min Nan (POJ): goân-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuántóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuantour
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuántóu
    • IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: yùhn tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ teo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːn˨˩ tʰɐu̯˨˩/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² teu²
    • IPA: /ɲi̯en¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² teu²
    • IPA: /ɲi̯an¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: guân-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goantaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /guan˨˦⁻˨ tʰaʊ˨˦/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /guan˨˦⁻˨ tʰaʊ˨˦/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /guan˩˧⁻˨ tʰaʊ˩˧/
    • IPA (Taipei): /guan˨˦⁻˩ tʰaʊ˨˦/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan˨˧⁻˧ tʰaʊ˨˧/

Noun

源頭

1. source (of a river)
2. (figuratively) 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

• (origin):

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• 來源／来源 (láiyuán)
• 出處／出处 (chūchù)
• 基本 (jīběn)
• 本源 (běnyuán)
• 根本 (gēnběn)

• 根源 (gēnyuán)
• 根頭／根头 (Min Nan)
• 濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
• 起源 (qǐyuán)