| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 本 | 本 | běn | - roots or stems of plants - origin - source - this - the current - root - foundation - basis - classifier for books, periodicals, files etc - originally |
| 母 | 母 | mǔ | - mother - elderly female relative - origin - source - (of animals) female |
| 源 | 源 | yuán | - root - source - origin |
| 端 | 耑 | duān | - old variant of 端[duan1] - start - origin |
| 来历 | 來歷 | láilì | - history - antecedents - origin |
| 来源 | 來源 | láiyuán | - source (of information etc) - origin |
| 来路 | 來路 | láilù | - incoming road - origin - past history |
| 出处 | 出處 | chūchù | - source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion) - origin - where sth comes from |
| 原因 | 原因 | yuányīn | - cause - origin - root cause - reason - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 本源 | 本源 | běnyuán | - origin - source |
| 根源 | 根源 | gēnyuán | - origin - root (cause) |
| 渊源 | 淵源 | yuānyuán | - origin - source - relationship |
| 由来 | 由來 | yóulái | - origin |
| 发端 | 發端 | fāduān | - beginning - origin - to originate - to initiate |
| 发轫 | 發軔 | fārèn | - to set (sth) afoot - to initiate - beginning - origin - commencement |
| 缘起 | 緣起 | yuánqǐ | - origin |
| 肇因 | 肇因 | zhàoyīn | - cause - origin |
| 起源 | 起源 | qǐyuán | - origin - to originate - to come from |
| 肇 | 肈 | zhào | - the start - the origin |
| 事由 | 事由 | shìyóu | - main content - matter - work - origin of an incident - cause - purpose - subject (of business letter) |
| 人为 | 人為 | rénwéi | - artificial - man-made - having human cause or origin - human attempt or effort |
| 出身 | 出身 | chūshēn | - to be born of - to come from - family background - class origin |
| 原地 | 原地 | yuándì | - (in) the original place - the place where one currently is - place of origin - local (product) |
| 原点 | 原點 | yuándiǎn | - origin (math.) - origin of coordinates |
| 同源 | 同源 | tóngyuán | - homology (biology) - a common origin |
| 名源 | 名源 | míngyuán | - origin of names - etymology |
| 大疮 | 大瘡 | dàchuāng | - ulcer or sore of venereal origin |
| 寒微 | 寒微 | hánwēi | - of humble origin |
| 法源 | 法源 | fǎyuán | - Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism) - source of the law |
| 混元 | 混元 | hùnyuán | - time immemorial - origin of the universe - the world |
| 源泉 | 源泉 | yuánquán | - fountainhead - well-spring - water source - fig. origin |
| 源流 | 源流 | yuánliú | - (of watercourses) source and direction of flow - origin and development |
| 产地 | 產地 | chǎndì | - the source (of a product) - place of origin - manufacturing location |
| 老家 | 老家 | lǎojiā | - native place - place of origin - home state or region |
| 起迄 | 起迄 | qǐqì | - start and end (dates) - origin and destination |
| 原产国 | 原產國 | yuánchǎnguó | - country of origin |
| 原产地 | 原產地 | yuánchǎndì | - original source - place of origin - provenance |
| 同源词 | 同源詞 | tóngyuáncí | - cognate - words having a common origin |
| 发源地 | 發源地 | fāyuándì | - place of origin - birthplace - source |
| 策源地 | 策源地 | cèyuándì | - place of origin - source (of a war or a social movement) |
| 人类起源 | 人類起源 | rénlèiqǐyuán | - origin of mankind |
| 来历不明 | 來歷不明 | láilìbùmíng | - of unknown origin |
| 来路不明 | 來路不明 | láilùbùmíng | - unidentified origin - no-one knows where it comes from - of dubious background |
| 追本穷源 | 追本窮源 | zhuīběnqióngyuán | - to trace sth back to its origin |
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