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源

yuán

spring; source, head; surname

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Strokes
13
Radical
水
HSK
4
Tone
2

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 我无法找到问题的根源。

    Wǒ wú fǎ zhǎo dào wèn tí de gēn yuán

    I can't locate the source of the problem.

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  • 我的建议源于我的经验。

    Wǒ de jiàn yì yuán yú wǒ de jīng yàn

    My advice is predicated on my experience.

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  • 我的软件全都是开源的。

    Wǒ de ruǎn jiàn quán dōu shì kāi yuán de

    All my software is open source.

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  • 源代码有没有?

    Yuán dài mǎ yǒu méi yǒu

    Do you have the source code?

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 源

  • 资源zī yuán 1–2 natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)
  • 来源lái yuán 2–2 source (of information etc); origin
  • 电源diàn yuán 4–2 electric power source
  • 能源néng yuán 2–2 energy; power source
  • 根源gēn yuán 1–2 origin; root (cause)
  • 起源qǐ yuán 3–2 origin; to originate; to come from
  • 源泉yuán quán 2–2 fountainhead; well-spring; water source; fig. origin
  • 源头yuán tóu 2–2 source; fountainhead
  • 水源shuǐ yuán 3–2 water source; water supply; headwaters of a river
  • 源于yuán yú 2–2 has its origins in
  • 来源于lái yuán yú 2–2–2to originate in
  • 源源不断yuán yuán bù duàn 2–2–4–4a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream