起源 meaning in English

qǐyuán

origin; to originate

HSK 7-9verbnoun23 strokes

Meaning of 起源

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qǐyuán

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

佛fó教jiào起qǐ源yuán于yú印yìn度dù。

Buddhism had its beginnings in India.

奥ào林lín匹pǐ克kè的de起qǐ源yuán是shì什shén么me？

What are the origins of the Olympics?

由yóu于yú它tā的de起qǐ源yuán，加jiā拿ná大dà英yīng语yǔ具jù有yǒu美měi国guó英yīng语yǔ和hé英yīng国guó英yīng语yǔ两liǎng者zhě的de特tè色sè。

Because of its origins, Canadian English has features of both American and British English.

如rú果guǒ你nǐ是shì中zhōng国guó文wén化huà爱ài好hào者zhě，或huò许xǔ可kě以yǐ读dú《古gǔ汉hàn语yǔ声shēng调diào的de起qǐ源yuán》这zhè篇piān文wén章zhāng。

If you are a China fan, maybe read the article "Origins of Tones in Old Chinese."

旗qí袍páo是shì一yī种zhǒng17世shì纪jì起qǐ源yuán于yú中zhōng国guó的de传chuán统tǒng式shì样yàng的de女nǚ性xìng服fú装zhuāng。

The qipao is a classic female garment that originated in 17th century China.

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Words that share a character with 起源.

一起	yīqǐ	(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
起来	qǐlái	to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
对不起	duìbuqǐ	I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
起床	qǐchuáng	to get out of bed; to get up
想起	xiǎngqǐ	to recall; to think of
起飞	qǐfēi	(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to star
看起来	kàn qǐlái	seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the
了不起	liǎobuqǐ	amazing; terrific
引起	yǐnqǐ	to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
来源	láiyuán	source (of information etc); origin
资源	zīyuán	natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)
电源	diànyuán	electric power source

What does 起源 mean?

起源 (qǐyuán) means "origin; to originate" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 起源?

起源 is made of 2 characters: 起 (10 strokes), 源 (13 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 起源 an HSK word?

Yes. 起源 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.