"Source" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 来源 | lái yuán | source (of information etc) / origin |   |
| 本 |  běn | (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc | |
| 出处 | chū chù | source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion) / origin / where sth comes from | |
| 产地 | chǎn dì | source (of a product) / place of origin / manufacturing location | |
| 源头 | yuán tóu | source / fountainhead | |
| 渊源 | yuān yuán | origin / source / relationship | |
| 先河 | xiān hé | source / precursor / forerunner | |
| 发源地 | fā yuán dì | place of origin / birthplace / source | |
| 本源 | běn yuán | origin / source | |
| 发源 | fā yuán | to rise / to originate / source / derivation | |
| 泉源 | quán yuán | springhead / fountainhead / (fig.) source | |
| 原 | yuán | former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source | |
| 内源 | nèi yuán | source | |
| 策源地 | cè yuán dì | place of origin / source (of a war or a social movement) | |
| 母 | mǔ | mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female | |
| 源 | yuán | root / source / origin | |
| 胎 | tāi | fetus / classifier for litters (of puppies etc) / padding (in clothing or bedding) / womb carrying a fetus / (fig.) origin / source / (loanword) tire | |
| 源点 | yuán diǎn | source | |
| 电源 | diàn yuán | electric power source | |
| 源码 | yuán mǎ | source code (computing) | |
| 素材 | sù cái | source material (in literature and art) | |
| 本事 | běn shì | source material / original story | |
| 查阅 | chá yuè | to consult / to refer to / to look sth up in a reference source | |
| 源代码 | yuán dài mǎ | source code (computing) | |
| 原产地 | yuán chǎn dì | original source / place of origin / provenance | |
| 水源 | shuǐ yuán | water source / water supply / headwaters of a river | |
| 源泉 | yuán quán | fountainhead / well-spring / water source / fig. origin | |
| 光源 | guāng yuán | light source | |
| 生源 | shēng yuán | supply of students / source of students | |
| 财源 | cái yuán | financial resources / source of revenue | |
| 源程序 | yuán chéng xù | source code (computing) | |
| 数据源 | source of data | | |
| 聚宝盆 | jù bǎo pén | treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine | |
| 知情人 | zhī qíng rén | person in the know / insider / informed source | |
| 着落 | zhuó luò | whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution | |
| 火种 | huǒ zhǒng | tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc) | |
| 源远流长 | yuán yuǎn liú cháng | lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then | |
| 蓝本 | lán běn | blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based | |
| 祸水 | huò shuǐ | source of calamity (esp. of women) | |
| 衍生物 | yǎn shēng wù | a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material) | |
| 源流 | yuán liú | (of watercourses) source and course / origin and development | |
| 摇钱树 | yáo qián shù | legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money | |
| 溯源 | sù yuán | to investigate the origin of sth / to trace a river upstream back to its source | |
| 热源 | rè yuán | heat source | |
| 传染源 | chuán rǎn yuán | source of an infection | |
| 无着 | Wú zhuó | (of income etc) to be unassured / to lack a reliable source | |
| 无着 | wū zhuó | (of income etc) to be unassured / to lack a reliable source | |
| 追根 | zhuī gēn | to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth | |
| 火源 | combustion source | | |
| 燃烧室 | rán shāo shì | combustion source | |
| 引狼入室 | yǐn láng rù shì | to show the wolf into the house (idiom) / to introduce a potential source of trouble | |
| 开源节流 | kāi yuán jié liú | lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom) / to increase income and save on spending / to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure | |
| 放射源 | fàng shè yuán | radiation source | |
| 法源 | fǎ yuán | Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism) / source of the law | |
| 消息灵通人士 | xiāo xi líng tōng rén shì | well-informed source / person with inside information | |
| 瀛洲 | Yíng zhōu | Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality | |
| 法源寺 | Fǎ yuán sì | Fayuan or Source of the Law temple in Beijing | |
| 饮水思源 | yǐn shuǐ sī yuán | lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) / gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings! | |
| 引狗入寨 | yǐn gǒu rù zhài | lit. to lead the dog into the village (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble | |
| 引鬼上门 | yǐn guǐ shàng mén | lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble | |
| 落叶归根 | luò yè guī gēn | lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home | |
| 追根溯源 | zhuī gēn sù yuán | to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth | |
| 定于一尊 | dìng yú yī zūn | (idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct / to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority | |
| 太极 | Tài jí | the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology | |
| 密封辐射源 | mì fēng fú shè yuán | sealed radiation source | |
| 源点地址 | yuán diǎn dì zhǐ | source address | |
| 源器官 | yuán qì guān | source organ | |
| 中子源 | zhōng zǐ yuán | neutron source | |
| 主要来源 | zhǔ yào lái yuán | principle source / main source | |
| 再生能源 | zài shēng néng yuán | renewable energy source | |
| 参校 | cān jiào | to proofread / to revise one or more editions of a text using an authoritative edition as a source book / to editorially revise a text | |
| 参考材料 | cān kǎo cái liào | reference material / source documents | |
| 大氧吧 | dà yǎng bā | source of oxygen (of forests and nature reserves) / (cliché) lungs of the planet | |
| 察访 | chá fǎng | to make an investigative visit / to go and find out from the source | |
| 推本溯源 | tuī běn sù yuán | to go back to the source | |
| 江源 | jiāng yuán | river source | |
| 究其根源 | jiū qí gēn yuán | to trace something to its source (idiom) | |
| 讯息原 | xùn xī yuán | information source | |
| 转引 | zhuǎn yǐn | to quote from secondary source | |
| 逆流溯源 | nì liú sù yuán | to go back to the source | |
| 震源信号 | source signal | | |
| 饮流怀源 | yǐn liú huái yuán | lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) / gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings! | |
| 爆炸点 | bào zhà diǎn | shotpoint / source point | |
| 火箱 | huǒ xiāng | combustion source | |
| 来源国 | lái yuán guó | source country / source nation | |
| 原语 | yuán yǔ | source language (linguistics) | |
| 污染源控制 | wū rǎn yuán kòng zhì | source control | |
| 点源污染 | diǎn yuán wū rǎn | point source pollution | |
| 公开来源情报 | gōng kāi lái yuán qíng bào | open source intelligence | |
| 保护土壤和含水层免受非点源污染讨论会 | Seminar on Protection of Soil and Aquifers against Non-Point Source Pollution | | |
| 逆风污染源 | nì fēng wū rǎn yuán | upwind source of pollution | |
| 无主来源 | wú zhǔ lái yuán | orphan source | |
| 源头削减 | source reduction / reduction at source | | |
| 离子源 | ion source | | |
| 源材料 | yuán cái liào | source material | |
| 核动力源 | hé dòng lì yuán | nuclear power source / nuclear power system | |
| 虚拟点污染源 | xū nǐ diǎn wū rǎn yuán | virtual point source | |
| 理论点源 | lǐ lùn diǎn yuán | virtual point source | |
| 非点源污染 | fēi diǎn yuán wū rǎn | non-point source pollution / NPS pollution | |
| 国际开放源码网络 | International Open Source Network | |
