"To originate" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 起源 | qǐ yuán | origin / to originate / to come from |   |
| 发起 | fā qǐ | to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time) | |
| 首创 | shǒu chuàng | to originate / to pioneer / to invent | |
| 起始 | qǐ shǐ | to originate | |
| 缘起 | yuán qǐ | to originate / origin / genesis / account of the origins of an endeavor | |
| 发源 | fā yuán | to rise / to originate / source / derivation | |
| 发端 | fā duān | to originate / to initiate / beginning / origin | |
| 源起 | yuán qǐ | to originate | |
