SOURCE    水源泉

The PLACE where a RIVER OR BROOK BEGINS.
SPRINGORIGINHEADSPRINGHEADWATER(S)LITERARY WELLSPRING
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general term for a concrete water source feeding any river or stream is quán 泉, and the current general term for a source feeding a lake of any kind is yuān 淵. 2. Yuán 源 / 原 refers to an original source, and this word is rich in metaphysical or abstract connotation. See BEGIN
Modern Chinese Criteria
泉水 泉 噴泉 湧泉 飛泉 直泉 溫泉 湯泉 溫湯 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • BEGINENDURINGLY STOP NOT to ACT OR to BE RESEMBLING:as in the PAST.
Hypernym
  • PLACE　PART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in. (anc: 4/0, child: 39)
  • PART　OBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 8)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 1.37

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    FOUNTAIN

    • Words (8 items)

    原  yuán OC: ŋɡon MC: ŋi̯ɐn
    源  yuán OC: ŋɡon MC: ŋi̯ɐn 35 Attributions

    Yuán 源/原 refers to an original source, and this word is rich in metaphysical or abstract connotation. See BEGIN

      Syntactic words
    • nsource (of a river etc)
    • nab.post-Nfigurativeoriginal source, origin
    • nadNfigurativeoriginal
    • nadVlike a fount, like a source
    • nfigurativesourceLZ
    • n{PLACE}adVfrom the source
    • vt+prep+Nabhave one's source inCH
    泉  quán OC: dzon MC: dziɛn 9 Attributions

    The current general term for a concrete water source feeding any river or stream is quán 泉, and the current general term for a source feeding a lake of any kind is yuān 淵.

      Syntactic words
    • nspring
    • nabfigurativewhat proceeds from the spring (of creativity)CH
    • nadVlike a spring
    • nadVas from a springCH
    泉源  quán yuán OC: dzon ŋɡon MC: dziɛn ŋi̯ɐn 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPsprings
    母  mǔ OC: mɯʔ MC: mu 2 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 始/BEGIN The general word for something occurring for the crucial and influential first time or initiating anything, in particular any development, is shǐ 始 (ant. zhōng 終"bring to an end; come to an end" and chéng 成 "bring to a successful end, complete").

      Syntactic words
    • nabfigurativeoccasionally metaphorical: source and origin
    淵  yuān OC: qʷiin MC: ʔen 2 Attributions

    The current general term for a concrete water source feeding any river or stream is quán 泉, and the current general term for a source feeding a lake of any kind is yuān 淵.

      Syntactic words
    • nfeeding source
    • nabmetaphysicaldeep source for something
    原泉  yuán quán MC: ngjwon dzjwen OC: ŋɡon dzon 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPsource; springCH
    達  dá OC: daad MC: dɑt 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vispout; well up (of spring)
    源  yuán OC: ŋɡon MC: ŋi̯ɐn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nsource