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 信号 信號 xìn hào signal 原 yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source syn 警报 警報 jǐng bào (fire) alarm / alert signal / alarm / alert / warning 来源 來源 lái yuán source (of information etc) / origin syn 噪音 zào yīn rumble / noise / static (in a signal) syn 接收 jiē shōu reception (of transmitted signal) / to receive / to accept / to admit / to take over (e.g. a factory) / to expropriate syn 电源 電源 diàn yuán electric power source 举手 舉手 jǔ shǒu to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal) 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 手势 手勢 shǒu shì gesture / sign / signal 暗号 暗號 àn hào secret signal (sign) / countersign / password 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 讯号 訊號 xùn hào signal 绿灯 綠燈 lǜ dēng green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed 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 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 信号灯 信號燈 xìn hào dēng signal light / car indicator 火种 火種 huǒ zhǒng tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc) 摇钱树 搖錢樹 yáo qián shù legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money syn 眼色 yǎn sè signal made with one's eyes / meaningful glance 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 渊源 淵源 yuān yuán origin / source / relationship syn 热源 熱源 rè yuán heat source 红绿灯 紅綠燈 hóng lǜ dēng traffic light / traffic signal 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 号子 號子 hào zi work chant / prison cell / type / sort / mark / sign / signal / (Tw) brokerage firm syn 电信号 電信號 diàn xìn hào electrical signal 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 旗号 旗號 qí hào military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose") / flag signal / semaphore syn 颐指气使 頤指氣使 yí zhǐ qì shǐ lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom) / to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy syn 语录 語錄 yǔ lù quotation (from a book or existing source) 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 滤波器 濾波器 lǜ bō qì signal filter 失真 shī zhēn to lack fidelity / (signal) distortion 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 泉源 quán yuán springhead / fountainhead / (fig.) source syn 警号 警號 jǐng hào alarm / alert / warning signal 航标 航標 háng biāo buoy / channel marker / signal light 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 撷取 擷取 xié qǔ to pick / to select / to take / to capture (data) / to acquire / to pick up (a signal) 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 烽烟 烽煙 fēng yān fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance) syn 源程序 yuán chéng xù source code (computing) 燃烧室 燃燒室 rán shāo shì combustion source 时序 時序 shí xù timing (of a signal or sequence) / time course 分配器 fēn pèi qì dispenser (for consumables such as liquid soap) / splitter (for cable TV signal etc) 源码 源碼 yuán mǎ source code (computing) 本事 běn shì source material / original story syn 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]) 收音 shōu yīn to receive a radio signal / to make an audio recording / (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics / (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable) 数据源 數據源 source of data 叫板 jiào bǎn to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge 数字信号 數字信號 shù zì xìn hào digital signal 源远流长 源遠流長 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 syn 信号处理 信號處理 xìn hào chǔ lǐ signal processing 源流 yuán liú (of watercourses) source and course / origin and development syn 狼烟 狼煙 láng yān smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces syn 无着 無著 wú zhuó (of income etc) to be unassured / to lack a reliable source 无着 無著 wū zhuó (of income etc) to be unassured / to lack a reliable source 引狼入室 yǐn láng rù shì to show the wolf into the house (idiom) / to introduce a potential source of trouble syn 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu to raise and lower one's hand (idiom) / to signal as conspiratorial hint / fig. conspiring to defraud syn 开源节流 開源節流 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 syn 法源 fǎ yuán Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism) / source of the law 消息灵通人士 消息靈通人士 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 母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn 源 yuán root / source / origin syn 胎 tāi fetus / classifier for litters (of puppies etc) / padding (in clothing or bedding) / womb carrying a fetus / (fig.) origin / source / (loanword) tire syn 太极 太極 tài jí the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology 毫米波 háo mǐ bō millimeter wave (radio signal) 燧 suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke 内源 內源 nèi yuán source 策源地 cè yuán dì place of origin / source (of a war or a social movement) syn 法源寺 fǎ yuán sì Fayuan or Source of the Law temple in Beijing 信噪比 xìn zào bǐ signal-to-noise ratio 馈送 饋送 kuì sòng to present (a gift) / offering / to feed (a signal to a device, paper to a printer etc) syn 航标灯 航標燈 háng biāo dēng lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light 麾 huī signal flag / to signal syn 