起源

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	root; source; origin
simp. and trad. (起源)		起	源

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² jyun⁴
Min Nan (POJ): khí-goân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǐyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyuan
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² jyun⁴
  - Yale: héi yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² yun⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ jyːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-goân
  - Tâi-lô: khí-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qy'goaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ guan²³/

Verb

起源

to originate; to come from

Noun

起源

origin; source

Japanese

Kanji in this term
起	源
き Grade: 3	げん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative forms

起原

Noun

起源 (hiragana きげん, rōmaji kigen)

origin, derivation, genesis
日 (に)本 (ほん)語 (ご)の起 (き)源 (げん)
nihongo no kigen
the origin of the Japanese language

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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