起源
qǐyuán
to originate; origin
Characters in this word
源 yuán
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 原 source, origin, beginning
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这个节日的起源可以追溯到几百年前的民间习俗。 Zhège jiérì de qǐyuán kěyǐ zhuīsù dào jǐ bǎi nián qián de mínjiān xísú. The origin of this festival can be traced back to folk customs from several hundred years ago.
- 科学家正在研究生命的起源。 Kēxuéjiā zhèngzài yánjiū shēngmìng de qǐyuán. Scientists are studying the origin of life.
- 很多传说都起源于古老的村庄。 Hěn duō chuánshuō dōu qǐyuán yú gǔlǎo de cūnzhuāng. Many legends originate in ancient villages.
Related words
- 对不起 duìbuqǐ sorry, excuse me
- 起 qǐ to rise, to get up
- 起床 qǐchuáng to get up (out of bed)
- 起来 qǐlai to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 起飞 qǐfēi to take off
- 想起 xiǎngqǐ to remember; to recall
- 看起来 kànqǐlai to look; to seem
- 看不起 kànbuqǐ to look down on
- 了不起 liǎobuqǐ amazing
- 引起 yǐnqǐ to cause
- 起到 qǐdào to play a role