| 源 | yuán | root; source; origin |
| 光源 | guāng yuán | light source |
| 源泉 | yuán quán | fountainhead; well-spring; water source; fig. origin |
| 热源 | rè yuán | heat source |
| 渊源 | yuān yuán | origin; source; relationship |
| 货源 | huò yuán | supply of goods |
| 同源 | tóng yuán | homology (biology); a common origin |
| 发源 | fā yuán | to rise; to originate; source; derivation |
| 泉源 | quán yuán | springhead; fountainhead; source |
| 发源地 | fā yuán dì | place of origin; birthplace; source |
| 本源 | běn yuán | origin; source |
| 安源 | Ān yuán | Anyuan district of Pingxiang city 萍乡市, Jiangxi |
| 桃源 | táo yuán | same as 世外桃源; the Garden of the Peaches of Immortality; Shangri-la; imaginary land of joy and plenty (sim. Utopia, Cockaigne, Shangri-la); Taoyuan county in Changde 常德, Hunan; Taoyuan township in Kaohsiung county 高雄县, southwest Taiwan |
| 策源地 | cè yuán dì | place of origin; source (of a war or a social movement) |
| 源流 | yuán liú | (of watercourses) source and direction of flow; origin and development |
| 财源 | cái yuán | financial resources; source of revenue |
| 富源 | Fù yuán | Fyuan county in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan |
| 源远流长 | yuán yuǎn liú cháng | 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 |
| 饮水思源 | yǐn shuǐ sī yuán | 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! |
| 来源 | lái yuán | source (of information etc); origin |
| 根源 | gēn yuán | origin; root (cause) |
| 水源 | shuǐ yuán | water source; water supply; headwaters of a river |
| 电源 | diàn yuán | electric power source |
| 能源 | néng yuán | energy; power source; CL:个 |
| 资源 | zī yuán | natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism); Ziyuan county in Guilin 桂林, Guangxi |
| 起源 | qǐ yuán | origin; to originate; to come from |
| 一致资源定址器 | yī zhì zī yuán dìng zhǐ qì | uniform resource locator (URL), i.e. web address |
| 三江源 | Sān jiāng yuán | Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River |
| 不可再生资源 | bù kě zài shēng zī yuán | nonrenewable resource |
| 世外桃源 | shì wài táo yuán | the Garden of the Peaches of Immortality; Shangri-la; imaginary land of joy and plenty (sim. Utopia, Cockaigne, Shangri-la) |
| 世外桃花源 | shì wài táo huā yuán | same as 世外桃花源; the Garden of the Peaches of Immortality; imaginary land of joy and plenty (sim. Utopia, Cockaigne, Shangri-la) |
| 中子源 | zhōng zǐ yuán | neutron source |
| 中源地震 | zhōng yuán dì zhèn | medium depth earthquake (with epicenter 70-300 km deep) |
| 主要来源 | zhǔ yào lái yuán | principle source; main source |
| 乳源瑶族自治县 | Rǔ yuán yáo zú zì zhì xiàn | Ruyuan Yao autonomous county in Shaoguan 韶关, Guangdong |
| 乳源县 | Rǔ yuán xiàn | Ruyuan Yao autonomous county in Shaoguan 韶关, Guangdong |
| 人力资源 | rén lì zī yuán | human resources |
| 人类起源 | rén lèi qǐ yuán | origin of mankind |
| 信息资源 | xìn xī zī yuán | information resource |
| 传染源 | chuán rǎn yuán | source of an infection |
| 内源 | nèi yuán | source |
| 兵源 | bīng yuán | manpower resources (for military service); sources of troops |
| 再生能源 | zài shēng néng yuán | renewable energy source |
| 凌源 | Líng yuán | Lingyuan county level city in Chaoyang 朝阳, Liaoning |
| 凌源市 | Líng yuán shì | Lingyuan county level city in Chaoyang 朝阳, Liaoning |
| 同源词 | tóng yuán cí | cognate; words having a common origin |
| 名源 | míng yuán | origin of names; etymology |
| 吴清源 | Wú Qīng yuán | Go Seigen (1914-), Go player |
| 单源多倍体 | dān yuán duō bèi tǐ | autopolyploid (polyploid with chromosomes of single species) |
| 单源论 | dān yuán lùn | theory of single origin (of mankind) |
