水源

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


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])[1]
  • 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

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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