发
源
地

Place of origin in Chinese: 发源地 (fā yuán dì)

fā yuán dì

place of origin

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 發源地1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1place of origin
  2. 2birthplace
  3. 3source

Stroke order

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发
源
地

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ㄈㄚ

fā

ㄈ/ fㄚ/ a—/ first tone

ㄩㄢˊ

yuán

ㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄉㄧˋ

dì

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

发源地

Simplified

發源地

Traditional

Example sentences

See 发源地 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这条大河是古代文明的发源地。

    zhè tiáo dà hé shì gǔ dài wén míng de fā yuán dì。

    This great river is the birthplace of an ancient civilization.

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Related words

地

de

-ly

发

fā

to send out

地方

dì fāng

region

地铁

dì tiě

underground railway

地图

dì tú

map

发烧

fā shāo

to have a high temperature (from illness)

发现

fā xiàn

to notice

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

出发

chū fā

to set off

当地

dāng dì

local

地球

dì qiú

the earth

地址

dì zhǐ

address

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