水源

Chinese

water; river root; source; origin
simp. and trad.
(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) (yuán), 源頭源头 (yuántóu)
  • (water source): 源泉 (yuánquán)

Proper noun

水源

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

Derived terms

  • 木本水源

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いげん [sùígéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝiɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(すい)(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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