起源
qǐ yuán
Pinyin

Definition

起源
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qǐ yuán
  1. origin
  2. to originate
  3. to come from

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
在一起
zài yī qǐ
  1. 1 together
发起
fā qǐ
  1. 1 to originate
  2. 2 to initiate
  3. 3 to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
  4. 4 to start
  5. 5 to propose sth (for the first time)
起
qǐ
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group
起来
qǐ lai
  1. 1 to stand up
  2. 2 to get up
  3. 3 also pr. [qǐ lái]
起床
qǐ chuáng
  1. 1 to get out of bed
  2. 2 to get up
了不起
liǎo bu qǐ
  1. 1 amazing
  2. 2 terrific
  3. 3 extraordinary
来源
lái yuán
  1. 1 source (of information etc)
  2. 2 origin
勾起
gōu qǐ
  1. 1 to evoke
  2. 2 to induce
  3. 3 to call to mind
  4. 4 to pick up with a hook
升起
shēng qǐ
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to hoist
  3. 3 to rise
对不起
duì bu qǐ
  1. 1 unworthy
  2. 2 to let down
  3. 3 I'm sorry
  4. 4 excuse me
  5. 5 pardon me
  6. 6 if you please
  7. 7 sorry? (please repeat)
引起
yǐn qǐ
  1. 1 to give rise to
  2. 2 to lead to
  3. 3 to cause
  4. 4 to arouse
想起
xiǎng qǐ
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 to think of
  3. 3 to call to mind
抬起
tái qǐ
  1. 1 to lift up
拿起
ná qǐ
  1. 1 to pick up
提起
tí qǐ
  1. 1 to mention
  2. 2 to speak of
  3. 3 to lift
  4. 4 to pick up
  5. 5 to arouse
  6. 6 to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)
早起
zǎo qǐ
  1. 1 to get up early
比起
bǐ qǐ
  1. 1 compared with
源于
yuán yú
  1. 1 has its origins in
能源
néng yuán
  1. 1 energy
  2. 2 power source
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
勤俭起家
qín jiǎn qǐ jiā
  1. 1 to rise up by thrift and hard work (idiom)
另起炉灶
lìng qǐ lú zào
  1. 1 lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch
  2. 2 back to square one
  3. 3 to start of on a new path
商飙徐起
shāng biāo xú qǐ
  1. 1 the autumn breeze comes gently (idiom)
大起大落
dà qǐ dà luò
  1. 1 (of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom)
  2. 2 volatile
  3. 3 significant ups and downs
  4. 4 roller coaster
崛地而起
jué dì ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of prominent new feature
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
  1. 1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn everything into gold
  3. 3 to have everything going one's way
  4. 4 to benefit from both sides
平地起家
píng dì qǐ jiā
  1. 1 to start from scratch (idiom)
思潮起伏
sī cháo qǐ fú
  1. 1 thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom)
  2. 2 different thoughts coming to mind
承上起下
chéng shàng qǐ xià
  1. 1 to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
  2. 2 forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
投袂而起
tóu mèi ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to shake one's sleeves and rise (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get excited and move to action
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拿得起放得下
ná de qǐ fàng de xià
  1. 1 lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take what comes
  3. 3 to meet gains or losses with equanimity
搬起石头砸自己的脚
bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
  1. 1 to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
  2. 2 hoisted by one's own petard
东山再起
dōng shān zài qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
此起彼伏
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
  1. 1 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
  2. 2 no sooner one subsides, the next arises
  3. 3 repeating continuously
  4. 4 occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
此起彼落
cǐ qǐ bǐ luò
  1. 1 to rise and fall in succession (idiom)
  2. 2 repeating continuously

Sample Sentences

哦，那咱不说这个传说。日本都有教授说日本人的祖先是云南人，他们专门去考察了好几次。好几次。后来还有电视台的去拍过电视，就叫《 日本的起源 》！
o ，nà zán bù shuō zhè ge chuánshuō 。rìběn dōu yǒu jiàoshòu shuō rìběn rén de zǔxiān shì yúnnán rén ，tā men zhuānmén qù kǎochá le hǎo jǐ cì 。hǎo jǐ cì 。hòulái hái yǒu diànshìtái de qù pāi guo diànshì ，jiù jiào 《 rìběndeqǐyuán 》！
OK, then we won't just talk about this legend. There are even Japanese professors who say that the ancestors of the Japanese were from Yunnan. They've specifically investigated this issue many times. Afterwards, there was also a TV station that made a show called ''The Origins of the Japanese People!"
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日本人的起源有很多说法，但没一个证据充足的。根据基因分析，现代日本人主要有蒙古人种的基因，也有亚洲南部海岛人种的基因，还有......
rìběnrén de qǐyuán yǒu hěn duō shuōfa ，dàn méi yī ge zhèngjù chōngzú de 。gēnjù jīyīn fēnxī ，xiàndài rìběnrén zhǔ yào yǒu ménggǔ rénzhǒng de jīyīn ，yě yǒu yàzhōu nánbù hǎidǎo rén zhǒng de jīyīn ，hái yǒu ......
There are all kinds of opinions on the origins of the Japanese people, but none of them has sufficient proof. According to genetic analysis, modern Japanese have some genes from the Mongolian ethnic group, as well as Pacific Islander genes, as well as...
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比如，佛教源自印度，在中国发扬光大，在东南亚得到传承。儒家文化起源中国，受到欧洲莱布尼茨、伏尔泰等思想家的推崇。这是交流的魅力、互鉴的成果。
bǐrú ，Fójiào yuánzì Yìndù ，zài Zhōngguó fāyángguāngdà ，zài Dōngnányà dédào chuánchéng 。Rújiā wénhuà qǐyuán Zhōngguó ，shòudào Ōuzhōu Láibùnící 、Fúěrtài děng sīxiǎngjiā de tuīchóng 。zhè shì jiāoliú de mèilì 、hù jiàn de chéngguǒ 。
For example, Buddhism, which originated in India was developed further in China and passed on through Southeast Asia. Confucianism has its roots in China, but was held in high esteem by European thinkers such as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Francois-Marie Arouet. This is the charm of exchange, the fruit of learning from one another.
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端午节的起源现在最流行的说法就是为了纪念爱国诗人屈原，但根据史书的记载。端午节在屈原之前早就有了。
duānwǔjié de qǐyuán xiànzài zuì liúxíng de shuōfa jiùshì wèile jìniàn àiguó shīrén Qū Yuán ，dàn gēnjù shǐshū de jìzǎi 。duānwǔjié zài Qū Yuán zhīqián zǎo jiù yǒu le 。
The most popular explanation for the origin of the Dragon Boat or Duanwu Festival is that it commemorates the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, but according to records in the classic histories Dragon Boat Festival existed long before Qu Yuan's time.
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妇女节的起源就是女性劳工开始争取在工作上、劳动上的权利。
fùnǚjié de qǐyuán jiùshì nǚxìng láogōng kāishǐ zhēngqǔ zài gōngzuòshàng 、láodòngshàng de quánlì 。
Women's day originated from the fight for women's work and labour rights.
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是啊！中国僵尸片的内容主要是从乡野奇谈来的，据说起源是”湘西赶尸”，是一种运送尸体回老家安葬的方式，贴上符箓，就是道士指挥尸体的办法。
shì a ！Zhōngguó jiāngshī piàn de nèiróng zhǔyào shì cóng xiāngyě qítán lái de ，jùshuō qǐyuán shì ”xiāngxīgǎnshī ”，shì yīzhǒng yùnsòng shītǐ huí lǎojiā ān zàng de fāngshì ，tiēshàng fúlù ，jiùshì dàoshi zhǐhuī shītǐ de bànfǎ 。
Really! Most Chinese zombie movies are from folk tales, I heard that the story originated in the practice of sending corpses back home to be buried in Xiangxi, and that the curse placed on the corpse by a Taoist monk was to direct it on its way.
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当然，广义的人类学不仅研究人类，还研究社会，民族，语言等方面的发展。比如亨利教授的研究方向就是国家的起源和发展，他的著作在整个人类学的学术界都产生巨大的影响。
dāngrán ，guǎngyì de rénlèixué bù jǐn yánjiū rénlèi ，hái yánjiū shèhuì ，mínzú ，yǔyán děng fāngmiàn de fāzhǎn 。bǐrú Hēnglì jiàoshòu de fāngxiàng jiùshì guójiā de qǐyuán hé fāzhǎn ，tā de zhùzuò zài zhěnggè rénlèixué de xuéshùjiè dōu chǎnshēng jùdà de yǐngxiǎng 。
Of course it is. Anthropology in a broad sense is the study of society, ethnicity, language and a lot of other things besides just human beings. Professor Claessen is an expert in the study of the origin of nation states and their development. His papers and books have had enormous influence in academia.
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看来大家是有备而来啊。我再给大家简单地介绍一下。评弹是一种古老的说唱艺术。起源于美丽的苏州，是用最柔软的苏州话来唱的。有说有唱，还有弹。
kànlái dàjiā shì yǒubèi\'érlái a 。wǒ zài gěi dàjiā jiǎndān de jièshào yīxià 。píngtán shì yīzhǒng gǔlǎo de shuōchàng yìshù 。qǐyuán yú měilì de Sūzhōu ，shì yòng zuì róuruǎn de Sūzhōuhuà lái chàng de 。yǒu shuō yǒu chàng ，háiyǒu tán 。
It seems as though everyone came prepared. Let me give you all another simple introduction. 'Pingtan' is one kind of the ancient art of speaking and singing style story telling. It originated in our beautiful Suzhou and is sung in the softest of dialects, the Suzhou dialect. There's speaking and singing, and also stringed instruments.
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刚才大家提到的这些说法都存在。今天呢，我们要从达尔文的“进化论”的角度来讲讲人类的起源。达尔文认为，人是由古猿进化而来的。大家想想看，人具有哪些古猿所没有的特征？
gāngcái dàjiā tídào de zhèxiē shuōfa dōu cúnzài 。jīntiān ne ，wǒmen yào cóng Dá\'ěrwén de “Jìnhuàlùn ”de jiǎodù lái jiǎng jiang rénlèi de qǐyuán 。Dá\'ěrwén rènwéi ，rén shì yóu gǔyuán jìnhuà ér lái de 。dàjiā xiǎngxiang kàn ，rén jùyǒu nǎxiē gǔyuán suǒ méiyǒu de tèzhēng ？
All those ideas that everyone just brought up do exist, but today, we're going to talk about the origins of humanity from the perspective of Darwin's theory of evolution. Darwin thought that people evolved from prehistoric apes. Everyone, think about it a bit; what distinctive features do humans have that prehistoric apes do not?
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对，虽然对于它的起源还有别的说法，但是现在大家比较认同的一点就是当时的藏王娶了尼泊尔公主和唐朝的文成公主，两位公主都带去了佛像、佛经。藏王在他们的影响下皈依佛教，从此佛教进入了西藏。
duì ，suīrán duìyú tā de qǐyuán hái yǒu biéde shuōfǎ ，dànshì xiànzài dàjiā bǐjiào rèntóng de yīdiǎn jiùshì dāngshí de zàngwáng qǔ le Níbóěr gōngzhǔ hé tángcháo de wénchéng gōngzhǔ ，liǎng wèi gōngzhǔ dōu dàiqù le fóxiàng 、fójīng 。zàngwáng zài tāmen de yǐngxiǎng xià guīyī fójiào ，cóngcǐ fójiào jìnrù le Xīzàng 。
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