Source in Chinese
source · HSK 5
来源
- 来 to come
- 源 source
Counted with 个: 一个来源
这条消息的来源可靠吗？ Is the source of this news reliable?
Other ways to say source
More words with 来 or 源
How do you say source in Chinese?
Source in Chinese is 来源 (lái yuán). You can also say 由来 (yóu lái), 根 (gēn), 母 (mǔ).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from our own dictionary. Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.