SOURCE  水源

The PLACE where a RIVER OR BROOK BEGINS.
SPRINGORIGINHEADSPRINGHEADWATER(S)LITERARY WELLSPRING
Hypernym
  • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
    • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
See also
  • BEGINENDURINGLY STOP NOT to ACT OR to BE RESEMBLING:as in the PAST.
    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



    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 /

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 1.37

    • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

      FOUNTAIN

    Attributions by syntactic funtion

    • n : 17
    • nab : 15
    • NP : 4
    • nab.post-N : 3
    • nadV : 1
    • vt+prep+Nab : 1
    • n{PLACE}adV : 1

    Attributions by text

    • 荀子 : 6
    • 陸機集十一卷 : 5
    • 文選 : 4
    • 淮南子 : 3
    • 臨濟錄 : 3
    • 韓非子 : 3
    • 祖堂集 : 3
    • 說苑 : 2
    • 孟子 : 2
    • 莊子 : 2
    • 管子 : 2
    • 文子 : 2
    • 鮑氏集 : 2
    • 賢愚經 : 1
    • 老子 : 1
    • 九章算術注 : 1

    Words

      yuán OC: ŋɡon MC: ŋi̯ɐn
      yuán OC: ŋɡon MC: ŋi̯ɐn 25 AttributionsWD

    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
    • n{PLACE}adVfrom the source
    • vt+prep+Nabhave one's source inCH
      quán OC: dzon MC: dziɛn 9 AttributionsWD

    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 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPsprings
      mǔ OC: mɯʔ MC: mu 2 AttributionsWD

      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
      yuān OC: qʷiin MC: ʔen 2 AttributionsWD

    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 dzonCH 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPsource; springCH
      yuán OC: ŋɡon MC: ŋi̯ɐn 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nsource
      dá OC: daad MC: dɑt 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vispout; well up (of spring)

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