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水源

Mandarin · pinyin shuǐ yuán

water source
water supply
headwaters of a river

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水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
源: yuán · spring; source, head; surname

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3–2 · shui3 yuan2

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seoi2 jyun4

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noun

source of a river; headwaters; headspring; fountainhead
water source; water supply

name

(～鎮) Shuiyuan (a town in Yongchang, Jinchang, Gansu, China)
(～鄉) (historical) Shuiyuan (a former township in Yongchang, Jinchang, Gansu, China)
(～里) an urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei City, Taiwan
(～市, formerly ～縣) Thủy Nguyên (a city in Vietnam)

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