起
源

Origin in Chinese: 起源 (qǐ yuán)

qǐ yuán

origin

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1origin
  2. 2to originate
  3. 3to come from

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起
源

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄩㄢˊ

yuán

ㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 很多学者研究人类语言的起源。

    hěn duō xué zhě yán jiū rén lèi yǔ yán de qǐ yuán。

    Many scholars study the origin of human language.

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Related words

起

qǐ

to rise

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

起飞

qǐ fēi

(of an aircraft) to take off

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

引起

yǐn qǐ

to give rise to

能源

néng yuán

energy

资源

zī yuán

natural resource (such as water or minerals)

想起

xiǎng qǐ

to recall

电源

diàn yuán

electric power source

来源

lái yuán

source (of information etc)

起到

qǐ dào

(in an expression of the form 起到…用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect)

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