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 原因 yuán yīn cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 来源 來源 lái yuán source (of information etc) / origin syn 原地 yuán dì (in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product) 老家 lǎo jiā native place / place of origin / home state or region syn 出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn 起源 qǐ yuán origin / to originate / to come from syn 根源 gēn yuán origin / root (cause) syn 人为 人為 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort syn 极点 極點 jí diǎn extreme point / pole / the origin (in polar coordinates) syn 来历 來歷 lái lì history / antecedents / origin syn 源泉 yuán quán fountainhead / well-spring / water source / fig. origin syn 达尔文 達爾文 dá ěr wén Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist, author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[Wu3zhong3 Qi3yuan2] / Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia) 原点 原點 yuán diǎn starting point / square one / (coordinate geometry) origin 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 渊源 淵源 yuān yuán origin / source / relationship syn 由来 由來 yóu lái origin syn 产地 產地 chǎn dì source (of a product) / place of origin / manufacturing location 溯源 sù yuán to investigate the origin of sth / to trace a river upstream back to its source syn 原产地 原產地 yuán chǎn dì original source / place of origin / provenance 事由 shì yóu main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter) syn 本源 běn yuán origin / source syn 同源 tóng yuán homology (biology) / a common origin 缘起 緣起 yuán qǐ to originate / origin / genesis / account of the origins of an endeavor syn 一脉相承 一脈相承 yī mài xiāng chéng traceable to the same stock (idiom) / of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc) 寒微 hán wēi of humble origin syn 未名 wèi míng unnamed / unidentified 发端 發端 fā duān to originate / to initiate / beginning / origin syn 湿疣 濕疣 shī yóu condyloma (genital wart of viral origin) / Condyloma acuminatum 来路 來路 lái lù incoming road / origin / past history syn 源流 yuán liú (of watercourses) source and course / origin and development syn 不明飞行物 不明飛行物 bù míng fēi xíng wù unidentified flying object (UFO) 法源 fǎ yuán Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism) / source of the law 产地证 產地證 chǎn dì zhèng certificate of origin (CO or CoO) (commerce) 发轫 發軔 fā rèn to set (sth) afoot / to initiate / beginning / origin / commencement 滥觞 濫觴 làn shāng lit. floating wine goblets on a stream / the origin (of some phenomenon) syn 母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn 端 耑 duān old variant of 端[duan1] / start / origin 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 芭 bā an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3ci2] / used in 芭蕉[ba1jiao1] / used in transliteration 来历不明 來歷不明 lái lì bù míng (idiom) of unknown origin / of dubious background 词源 詞源 cí yuán etymology / origin of a word 策源地 cè yuán dì place of origin / source (of a war or a social movement) syn 追本溯源 zhuī běn sù yuán to trace sth back to its origin 肇 肈 zhào the start / the origin syn 倪 ní (literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause 幽浮 yōu fú UFO (loanword) / unidentified flying object / space ship 提壶芦 提壺蘆 tí hú lú unidentified type of bird referred to in ancient Chinese poems 椆水 chóu shuǐ old name of an unidentified river in Henan Province, mentioned by 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] 未看到 unidentified 国际不明飞行物年 國際不明飛行物年 International Year of Unidentified Flying Objects 生命起源 shēng mìng qǐ yuán origin 叁浦·梅园 三浦·梅園 SanpuMeiyuan MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Origin of value 價原|价原 人类起源 人類起源 rén lèi qǐ yuán origin of mankind 价原 價原 jià yuán Kagen or the Origin of Value by MIURA Baien 三浦梅園|三浦梅园[San1 pu3 Mei2 yuan2], pioneering study of economics comparable to Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations 國富論|国富论[Guo2 fu4 lun4] 原产国 原產國 yuán chǎn guó country of origin 同源词 同源詞 tóng yuán cí cognate / words having a common origin 名源 míng yuán origin of a name 单源论 單源論 dān yuán lùn theory of single origin (of mankind) 外籍华人 外籍華人 wài jí huá rén overseas Chinese / persons of Chinese origin having foreign citizenship 家世寒微 jiā shì hán wēi to be of humble origin (idiom) 日系 rì xì (attributive) of Japanese origin 极径 極徑 jí jìng modulus (distance from the origin in polar coordinates) 混元 hùn yuán time immemorial / origin of the universe / the world 物种起源 物種起源 wù zhǒng qǐ yuán Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" 肇因 zhào yīn cause / origin 脚色 腳色 jué sè background (one's origin) / role (esp in Chinese opera) 起迄 qǐ qì start and end (dates) / origin and destination 非洲单源说 非洲單源說 fēi zhōu dān yuán shuō single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution) 生物源武器 shēng wù yuán wǔ qì arms of biological origin 文化财产返还或归还原主国 return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin 原产地规则委员会 Committee on Rules of Origin 水道起源国 水道起源國 shuǐ dào qǐ yuán guó watercourse State of origin 溷合原产地包裹 混合原產地包裹 parcel of mixed origin 原产地协定 原產地協定 Agreement on Rules of Origin 木材原产地 wood origin 移植议定书 移植議定書 yí zhí yì dìng shū Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, on Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin / Protocol on transplantation 陆源冰 陸源冰 ice of land origin 发航港 發航港 port of origin / port of loading 装货港 裝貨港 zhuāng huò gǎng port of origin / port of loading 原产地证书 原產地證書 certificate of origin 原产地规则 原產地規則 rules of origin 按工业原产地分列的商品分类 按工業原產地分列的商品分類 Classification of Commodities by Industrial Origin 欧洲治疗用人体器官制品交换协定 歐洲治療用人體器官制品交換協定 European Agreement on the Exchange of Therapeutic Substances of Human Origin 动物、肉类和其他动物源性产品过境公约 動物、肉類和其他動物源性產品過境公約 International Convention concerning the Transit of Animals, Meat and Other Products of Animal Origin 水成 hydrogenetic origin 原产地规则工作组 原產地規則工作組 Working Group on Rules of Origin 三浦梅园 三浦梅園 sān pǔ méi yuán MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Origin of value 價原|价原[Jia4 yuan2] 字源 zì yuán etymology (of a non-Chinese word) / origin of a character 郡望 jùn wàng choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4] is also known as 韓昌黎|韩昌黎[Han2 Chang1li2], where 韓|韩[Han2] is his surname and 昌黎[Chang1li2] is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡[jun4].) 烂橘子 爛橘子 làn jú zi (slang) EA's Origin platform 原生家庭 yuán shēng jiā tíng family of origin 本贯 本貫 běn guàn ancestral home / domicile of origin 