HSK 6 HSK V7-9
Correct

起源

/ qǐyuán /
Strokes

Definition

origin/to originate/to come from

Example

As a Verb

originate (in/from); stem/come from; be derived from

1
Zhè
fēng
风俗
yuán
起源
guówài
国外
  

The custom has its origin in another country.

2
Zhīshi
知识
无不
yuán
起源
shíjiàn
实践
  

All knowledge originates in practice.

3
Qínqiāng
秦腔
yuán
起源
shǎn
陕西
  

The Shaanxi opera originated in Shaanxi Province.

4
yuán
起源
jìndài
近代
  
/
yuǎn
远古

be of recent/ancient origin

As a Noun

origin; beginning; genesis; provenance; spring

5
  
zhǒng
物种
yuán
起源
  

The Origin of Species

6
yán
语言
de
yuán
起源

origin of language

7
Shēngmìng
生命
  
/
wénmíng
文明
  
/
zhòu
宇宙
de
yuán
起源

origin of life/civilization/the universe

8
Jìndài
近代
xué
科学
de
yuán
起源

birth of modern sciences

9
Āi
埃及
wénhuà
文化
de
yuán
起源

beginning of Egyptian culture

10
yuán
起源
míng
不明

be of unknown origin

11
yuán
起源
xiāngtóng
相同

have a common origin

12
Zhuī
追溯
yuán
起源

trace sth to its birth/origin

13
Tànsuǒ
探索
yuán
起源

enquire into the origin (of)