"探源" meaning in Chinese

See 探源 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tʰän⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 探源
  1. to trace the source (of something); the explore an origin
    Sense id: en-探源-zh-verb-TMAjG9kT Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "探源",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "research on the origin of Chinese civilization",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhōnghuá wénmíng tànyuán yánjiū",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "中華文明探源研究",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "research on the origin of Chinese civilization",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhōnghuá wénmíng tànyuán yánjiū",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "中华文明探源研究",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to trace the source (of something); the explore an origin"
      ],
      "id": "en-探源-zh-verb-TMAjG9kT",
      "links": [
        [
          "trace",
          "trace"
        ],
        [
          "source",
          "source"
        ],
        [
          "explore",
          "explore"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tànyuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄢˋ ㄩㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tànyuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄢˋ ㄩㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tànyuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻan⁴-yüan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàn-ywán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tannyuan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tanʹjuanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "таньюань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰän⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "探源"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "探源",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 探",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 源",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "research on the origin of Chinese civilization",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhōnghuá wénmíng tànyuán yánjiū",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "中華文明探源研究",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "research on the origin of Chinese civilization",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhōnghuá wénmíng tànyuán yánjiū",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "中华文明探源研究",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to trace the source (of something); the explore an origin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trace",
          "trace"
        ],
        [
          "source",
          "source"
        ],
        [
          "explore",
          "explore"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tànyuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄢˋ ㄩㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tànyuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄢˋ ㄩㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tànyuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻan⁴-yüan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàn-ywán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tannyuan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tanʹjuanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "таньюань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰän⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "探源"
}

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