| | (bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc | HSK 1 |
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| | source (of information etc) / origin | HSK 4 |
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| | electric power source | HSK 4 |
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| | (of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by | HSK 6 |
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| | mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female | HSK 6 |
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| | former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source | HSK 6 |
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| | source (of a product) / place of origin / manufacturing location | HSK 7-9 |
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| | fetus / classifier for litters (of puppies etc) / padding (in clothing or bedding) / womb carrying a fetus / (fig.) origin / source / (loanword) tire | HSK 7-9 |
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| | source material (in literature and art) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | energy / power source / CL: 個|个 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology | HSK 7-9 |
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| | water source / water supply / headwaters of a river | HSK 7-9 |
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| | source / fountainhead | HSK 7-9 |
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| | origin / source / relationship | HSK 7-9 |
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| | whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off | HSK 7-9 |
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| | place of origin / birthplace / source | HSK 7-9 |
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| | fountainhead / well-spring / water source / fig. origin | HSK 7-9 |
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| | source material / original story | |
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| | source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion) / origin / where sth comes from | |
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| | source code (computing) | |
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| | to translate and edit / translator-editor / (computing) to compile (source code) | |
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| | quotation (from a book or existing source) | |
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| | root / source / origin | |
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| | to consult / to refer to / to look sth up in a reference source | |
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| | supply of students / source of students | |
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| | to establish additional sources of revenue / (computing) open-source (abbr. for 開放源碼|开放源码) | |
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| | to go upstream / to trace the source | |
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| | source | |
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| | (of watercourses) source and course / origin and development | |
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| | source; precursor; forerunner | |
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| | river source | |
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| | light source | |
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| | heat source | |
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| | legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money | |
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| | reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China) | |
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| | to rise / to originate / source / derivation | |
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| | to investigate the origin of sth / to trace a river upstream back to its source | |
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| | lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then | |
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| | springhead / fountainhead / (fig.) source | |
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| | blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based | |
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| | place of origin / source (of a war or a social movement) | |
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| | lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home | |
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| | source of calamity (esp. of women) | |
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| | (botany) coca (source of cocaine) | |
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| | origin / source | |
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| | source of customers | |
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| | to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth | |
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| | lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings! | |
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| | tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc) | |
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| | lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending / to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure | |
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| | Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality | |
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| | lit. to show the wolf into the house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble | |
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| | (idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces; to combine items from disparate sources | |
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| | manpower resources (for military service) / sources of troops | |
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| | to quote from secondary source | |
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| | to make an investigative visit / to go and find out from the source | |
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| | to proofread / to revise one or more editions of a text using an authoritative edition as a source book / to editorially revise a text | |
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| | (idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct / to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority | |
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| | to go back to the source | |
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| | financial resources / source of revenue | |
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| | (of a light source) to cast one's light on / to project (an image) | |
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| | (fig.) attractive and easy mark / source of steady profit / moneymaker / cash cow | |
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| | Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism) / source of the law | |
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| | person in the know / insider / informed source | |
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| | reference material / source documents | |
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| | source | |
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| | treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine | |
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| | source code (computing) | |
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| | renewable energy source | |
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| | neutron source | |
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| | well-informed source; person with inside information | |
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| | source code (computing) | |
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| | a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material) | |
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| | radiation source | |
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| | (of income etc) to be unassured; to lack a reliable source | |
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| | source code (computing) (Tw) | |
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| | coca plant (source of cocaine) | |
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| | lit. to lead the dog into the village (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble | |
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| | source of Changjiang or Yangtze river | |
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| | lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) / fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine | |
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| | open-source software (OSS) | |
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| | lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings! | |
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| | person without identification papers, a normal residence permit or a source of income | |
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| | source of an infection | |
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| | source code (computing) (Tw, HK) | |
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| | original source / place of origin / provenance | |
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| | source language (linguistics) | |
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| | informant; news source | |
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| | source of oxygen (of forests and nature reserves) / (cliché) lungs of the planet | |
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| | sealed radiation source | |
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| | in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom) / (depending on the source, the last word is either 大王 or 大王) | |
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| | lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble | |
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| | Fayuan or Source of the Law temple in Beijing | |
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| | source organ | |
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| | source address | |
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| | source code (computing) | |
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| | to trace something to its source (idiom) | |
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| | information source | |
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| | source language (for translation) | |
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