源遠流長

Chinese

		root; source; origin	far; distant; remote	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (源遠流長)		源	遠	流	長
simp. (源远流长)		源	远	流	长
Literally: “source is distant and the flow is long”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuányuǎnliúcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ jyun⁵ lau⁴ coeng⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): nguang⁵ iang² liu⁵ ciang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuányuǎnliúcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuányuǎnlióucháng
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-yüan³-liu²-chʻang²
    • Yale: ywán-ywǎn-lyóu-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanyeuanlioucharng
    • Palladius: юаньюаньлючан (juanʹjuanʹljučan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ jyun⁵ lau⁴ coeng⁴
    • Yale: yùhn yúhn làuh chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ jyn⁵ lau⁴ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ yun⁵ leo⁴ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ jyːn¹³ lɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nguang⁵ iang² liu⁵ ciang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguâng iáng liû tshiâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ liu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

源遠流長

1. having a long and rich history; to extend to the dim and distant past

See also

• 淵遠流長／渊远流长