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 理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 来源 來源 lái yuán source (of information etc) / origin syn 木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1] 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 篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn 根源 gēn yuán origin / root (cause) syn 木材 mù cái wood 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) 伐木 fá mù to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering syn 塑像 sù xiàng to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process syn 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 松木 sōng mù pine wood / deal / larch 由来 由來 yóu lái origin syn 木屑 mù xiè wood shavings / sawdust syn 门闩 門閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt syn 纹路 紋路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 红木 紅木 hóng mù red wood / mahogany / rosewood / padauk 纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 蛀虫 蛀蟲 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin syn 朽木 xiǔ mù rotten wood 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 甲醇 jiǎ chún methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / wood alcohol / wood spirit 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 劈柴 pǐ chái chopped wood / firewood 五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 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) 桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer 寒微 hán wēi of humble origin syn 木耳 mù ěr wood ear / jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:朵[duo3] syn 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 丁丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc syn 来路 來路 lái lù incoming road / origin / past history syn 竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood 源流 yuán liú (of watercourses) source and course / origin and development syn 茯苓 fú líng Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus) / fu ling / tuckahoe 苏木 蘇木 sū mù sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow) 砍树 砍樹 kǎn shù to chop wood / to chop down trees 木片 mù piàn flat piece of wood / wood chip / CL:塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4] 八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 木杆 木桿 mù gān wooden pole / wood (golf club) 法源 fǎ yuán Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism) / source of the law 灌木林 guàn mù lín shrubbery / low wood 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 签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn 木 mù (bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive / numb / wooden syn 母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn 纹 紋 wén line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc) 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 炭 tàn wood charcoal / coal syn 札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 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 梓 zǐ Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items / (bound form) printing blocks syn 油桐 yóu tóng Chinese wood-oil tree (Vernicia fordii) syn 刨花 bào huā wood shavings 策源地 cè yuán dì place of origin / source (of a war or a social movement) syn 盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn 追本溯源 zhuī běn sù yuán to trace sth back to its origin 硅化木 guī huà mù petrified wood (geology) 鸡翅木 雞翅木 jī chì mù wenge or wengue (type of wood) 形成层 形成層 xíng chéng céng vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood) 边材 邊材 biān cái sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood) 肇 肈 zhào the start / the origin syn 倪 ní (literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause 樵 qiáo firewood / gather wood syn 镌 鐫 juān to engrave (on wood or stone) / to inscribe syn 蠡 lǐ wood-boring insect syn 槁 gǎo dried up (wood) / dead tree 槎 chá a raft made of bamboo or wood / to fell trees / to hew syn 巽 xùn to obey / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind / ☴ / ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast) 锼 鎪 sōu to engrave (metal of wood) syn 桄 guàng woven wood and bamboo utensil / classifier for threads and strings 来路不明 來路不明 lái lù bù míng unidentified origin / no-one knows where it comes from / of dubious background syn 一叶障目 一葉障目 yī yè zhàng mù lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees syn 只见树木不见森林 只見樹木不見森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín unable to see the wood for the trees / fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture 榫眼 sǔn yǎn mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon) syn 