源頭

See also: 源头

Chinese

		root; source; origin	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (源頭)		源	頭
simp. (源头)		源	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuántóu

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-thèu / ngiàn-thèu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): goân-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): nguang⁵ tao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuántóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuántóu
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-tʻou²
  - Yale: ywán-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuantour
  - Palladius: юаньтоу (juanʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ tau⁴
  - Yale: yùhn tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ teuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯en¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ teuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯an¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: guân-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goantaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nguang⁵ tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguâng thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵/

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. [Pinyin]
I do think we have another source.

Synonyms

(source of a river): 水源 (shuǐyuán), (literary, or in compounds) 源 (yuán)
(origin):

Synonyms of 源頭

基本 (jīběn)
大本 (dàběn) (literary)
本源 (běnyuán)
根本 (gēnběn)
根源 (gēnyuán)
泉源 (quányuán)
源 (yuán) (literary, or in compounds)
源泉 (yuánquán) (figurative)

起源 (qǐyuán)
來源／来源 (láiyuán)
出處／出处 (chūchù)
根頭／根头 (Min Nan)
淵源／渊源 (yuānyuán)
濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
由來／由来 (yóulái)

Related terms

水流 (shuǐliú)
源流 (yuánliú)

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