# 根源 (gēnyuán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 根源 (gēnyuán) means “origin; root cause”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: origin; root cause
- Pinyin: gēnyuán (gen1 yuan2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我们要找到问题的根源。
  Wǒmen yào zhǎodào wèntí de gēnyuán.
  We need to find the root cause of the problem.

## Characters

- [根](https://hanziro.com/word/gen-root/) (gēn): root; basis
- 源 (yuán): root; source

https://hanziro.com/word/gen-yuan-origin/

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