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 syn 测试 測試 cè shì to test (machinery etc) / to test (a person's skill in a particular area) / a test / (computing) beta (version of software) 原 yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source syn 机场 機場 jī chǎng airport / airfield / (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship / CL:家[jia1],處|处[chu4] syn 开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business 来源 來源 lái yuán source (of information etc) / origin syn 故障 gù zhàng malfunction / breakdown / defect / shortcoming / fault / failure / impediment / error / bug (in software) 开放 開放 kāi fàng to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality syn 电源 電源 diàn yuán electric power source 软件 軟件 ruǎn jiàn (computer) software 海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 于 於 yú (of time or place) in / at / on / (indicating any indirect relation) to / toward / vis-à-vis / with regard to / for / (indicating a source) from / out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by syn 开关 開關 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off syn 源头 源頭 yuán tóu source / fountainhead syn 响起 響起 xiǎng qǐ (of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off syn 破解 pò jiě to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode / to crack (software) 开业 開業 kāi yè to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business) syn 水源 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river syn 素材 sù cái source material (in literature and art) syn 开阔 開闊 kāi kuò wide / open (spaces) / to open up syn 查阅 查閱 chá yuè to consult / to refer to / to look sth up in a reference source syn 源泉 yuán quán fountainhead / well-spring / water source / fig. origin syn 开路 開路 kāi lù to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit syn 公开赛 公開賽 gōng kāi sài (sports) open championship / open (as in "the US Open") 驱动 驅動 qū dòng to drive / to propel / drive (vehicle wheel) / drive mechanism (tape or disk) / device driver (computing software) syn 幻灯片 幻燈片 huàn dēng piàn slide (photography, presentation software) / filmstrip / transparency 火种 火種 huǒ zhǒng tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc) 模块 模塊 mó kuài module (in software) / functional unit / component part 摇钱树 搖錢樹 yáo qián shù legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money syn 开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) syn 发源地 發源地 fā yuán dì place of origin / birthplace / source syn 出处 出處 chū chù source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion) / origin / where sth comes from syn 光源 guāng yuán light source 掀开 掀開 xiān kāi to lift open / to tear open syn 渊源 淵源 yuān yuán origin / source / relationship syn 补丁 補丁 bǔ ding patch (for mending clothes, tires etc) / (software) patch 热源 熱源 rè yuán heat source 古柯 gǔ kē (botany) coca (source of cocaine) syn 着落 著落 zhuó luò whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution syn 财源 財源 cái yuán financial resources / source of revenue 知情人 zhī qíng rén person in the know / insider / informed source syn 祸水 禍水 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women) syn 火源 combustion source 浏览器 瀏覽器 liú lǎn qì browser (software) 搭载 搭載 dā zài (of a vehicle) to carry (a passenger or payload) / (of a device or system) to be equipped with (a piece of hardware or software) 语录 語錄 yǔ lù quotation (from a book or existing source) syn 劈开 劈開 pī kāi to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs) syn 追根 zhuī gēn to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth syn 产地 產地 chǎn dì source (of a product) / place of origin / manufacturing location 开裂 開裂 kāi liè to split open / to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open) syn 先河 xiān hé source / precursor / forerunner syn 蓝本 藍本 lán běn blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based syn 溯源 sù yuán to investigate the origin of sth / to trace a river upstream back to its source syn 扒开 扒開 bā kāi to pry open or apart / to spread (sth) open with both hands syn 泉源 quán yuán springhead / fountainhead / (fig.) source syn 编译 編譯 biān yì to translate and edit / translator-editor / (computing) to compile (source code) 源代码 源代碼 yuán dài mǎ source code (computing) 原产地 原產地 yuán chǎn dì original source / place of origin / provenance 发源 發源 fā yuán to rise / to originate / source / derivation syn 生源 shēng yuán supply of students / source of students 传染源 傳染源 chuán rǎn yuán source of an infection 本源 běn yuán origin / source syn 外挂 外掛 wài guà attached externally (e.g. fuel tank) / plug-in / add-on / special software used to cheat in an online game 阅读器 閱讀器 yuè dú qì reader (software) 开山 開山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery syn 衍生物 yǎn shēng wù a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material) 放射源 fàng shè yuán radiation source 聚宝盆 聚寶盆 jù bǎo pén treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine syn 源程序 yuán chéng xù source code (computing) 预装 預裝 yù zhuāng prefabricated / preinstalled / bundled (software) 燃烧室 燃燒室 rán shāo shì combustion source 裸机 裸機 luǒ jī hardware-only device / computer without operating system or other software installed / mobile phone or pager without network subscription 开卷 開卷 kāi juàn to open a book / open-book (exam) syn 汉化 漢化 hàn huà to sinicize / sinicization / (software) Chinese localization 插件 chā jiàn plug-in (software or hardware) / to plug in a component 源码 源碼 yuán mǎ source code (computing) 本事 běn shì source material / original story syn 软体 軟體 ruǎn tǐ (of an animal) soft-bodied / (Tw) software 驱动程序 驅動程序 qū dòng chéng xù device driver (computing software) 编辑器 編輯器 biān jí qì editor (software) 杀毒软件 殺毒軟件 shā dú ruǎn jiàn antivirus software 自带 自帶 zì dài to bring one's own / BYO / (of software) preinstalled 序列号 序列號 xù liè hào serial number / product key (software) 卸载 卸載 xiè zài to unload cargo / to uninstall (software) 应用软件 應用軟件 yìng yòng ruǎn jiàn application software 另存为 另存為 lìng cún wéi Save As ... (menu option in a software application) 首款 shǒu kuǎn to confess one's crime / first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc) 公测 公測 gōng cè (software development) to do beta testing 工具栏 工具欄 gōng jù lán toolbar (in computer software) 选单 選單 xuǎn dān (software) menu 乱码 亂碼 luàn mǎ mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding) 软硬件 軟硬件 ruǎn yìng jiàn software and hardware 开源 開源 kāi yuán to establish additional sources of revenue / (computing) open-source (abbr. for 開放源碼|开放源码[kai1fang4 yuan2ma3]) 软件包 軟件包 ruǎn jiàn bāo software package 工具条 工具條 gōng jù tiáo toolbar (in computer software) 财务软件 財務軟件 cái wù ruǎn jiàn financial software / accounting software 模组 模組 mó zǔ (hardware or software) module (computing) 数据源 數據源 source of data 泡面 泡麵 pào miàn instant noodles / (Tw) pirated software 电脑软件 電腦軟件 diàn nǎo ruǎn jiàn computer software 