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来源

lái yuán

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 來源

来源 (lái yuán) means "source (of information etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 来源 means

1. source (of information etc)
2. origin

The characters in 来源

• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 源yuánroot; source; origin

Example sentences

• 恐惧来源于未知。
  Kǒngjù láiyuányú wèizhī.
  Fear comes from the unknown.
• 这个词来源于希腊语。
  Zhège cí láiyuán yú Xīlàyǔ.
  This word comes from Greek.
• 什么是您最大的灵感来源？
  Shénme shì nín zuì dà de línggǎn láiyuán?
  What is your greatest source of inspiration?
• 什幺是您最大的灵感来源？
  What is your greatest source of inspiration?
• 金钱本身并不是幸福的来源。
  Money by itself isn't a source of happiness.
• 请勿由享有版权的来源添加句子。
  Qǐng wù yóu xiǎngyǒu bǎnquán de láiyuán tiānjiā jùzi.
  Don't add sentences from copyrighted sources.

Words starting with 来源

• 来源于lái yuán yúto originate in

Words containing 来源

• 消息来源xiāo xi lái yuánweb feed; news feed; syndicated feed

Sounds the same

Read lái yuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 涞源see 涞源县

Where 来源 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · lā–láo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lái yuán correctly.
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