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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
源頭
- source of a river; headwaters; headspring; fountainhead
- (figurative) 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.
- I do think we have another source.
Synonyms
- (source of a river): 水源 (shuǐyuán), (literary, or in compounds) 源 (yuán)
- (origin):
- 來源／来源 (láiyuán)
- 出處／出处 (chūchù)
- 基本 (jīběn)
- 大本 (dàběn) (literary)
- 本源 (běnyuán)
- 根 (gēn)
- 根本 (gēnběn)
- 根源 (gēnyuán)
- 根頭／根头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 泉源 (quányuán)
- 淵源／渊源 (yuānyuán)
- 源 (yuán) (literary, or in compounds)
- 源泉 (yuánquán) (figurative)
- 濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
- 由來／由来 (yóulái)
- 起源 (qǐyuán)
Related terms
- 水流 (shuǐliú)
- 源流 (yuánliú)