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
• Min Nan (POJ): gú-goân / gír-goân / gí-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǔyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuyuan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔyuán
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ jyun⁴
    • Yale: yúh yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ jyːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (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

1. 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)

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) ごげん [gògéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

語(ご)源(げん) • (gogen) 

1. 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

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
語	源

Noun

語源 • (eowon) (hangeul 어원)

1. Hanja form^? of 어원 (“etymology”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
語	源

Noun

語源

1. Hán tự form of ngữ nguyên (“etymology”).