tuyền

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 泉.

Noun

tuyền

1. (only in compounds) spring (source of water)

Derived terms

• cửu tuyền (九泉, “the netherworld”)
• hoàng tuyền (黃泉, “(dated) the world of the dead”)
• Tuyền Châu (泉州, “Quanzhou (city in China)”)

 

See also

• suối