溯源

Chinese

		go upstream; trace the source	root; source; origin
trad. (溯源)		溯	源
simp. ^#(溯源)		溯	源
alternative forms		泝源／溯源

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sùyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ jyun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sò͘-goân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sùyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sùyuán
  - Wade–Giles: su⁴-yüan²
  - Yale: sù-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhyuan
  - Palladius: суюань (sujuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou³ jyun⁴
  - Yale: sou yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sou³ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ jyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘-goân
  - Tâi-lô: sòo-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sorgoaan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ ɡuan¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ ɡuan²⁴/

Verb

溯源

to trace back to the source
追根溯源，要換換思路了。 [MSC, trad.]
追根溯源，要换换思路了。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhuīgēn sùyuán, yào huàn huàn sīlù le. [Pinyin]
Another way of thinking is required to get to the root and trace the source.