溯源

Chinese

		go upstream; trace the source	root; source; origin
trad. (溯源)		溯	源
simp. #(溯源)		溯	源
alternative forms		泝源／溯源

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sò͘-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùyuán
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: sù-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhyuan
    • Palladius: суюань (sujuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ jyun⁴
    • Yale: sou yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘-goân
    • Tâi-lô: sòo-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sorgoaan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ ɡuan²⁴/

Verb

溯源

1. to trace back to the source

   追根溯源，要換換思路了。 [MSC, trad.]
   追根溯源，要换换思路了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhuīgēn sùyuán, yào huàn huàn sīlù le. [Pinyin]

   Another way of thinking is required to get to the root and trace the source.