河源

Héyuán

proper noun #85,560

Meanings

HSK 7-9

河源离深圳大约两个小时车程。

Héyuán lí Shēnzhèn dàyuē liǎng ge xiǎoshí chēchéng.

Heyuan is about two hours' drive from Shenzhen.

HSK 7-9

河源出土了上万枚恐龙蛋化石。

Héyuán chūtǔ le shàngwàn méi kǒnglóng dàn huàshí.

More than ten thousand fossil dinosaur eggs have been dug up in Heyuan.

usage

The full name of the city is 河源市. As an ordinary noun, 河源 means the source of a river, as in 黄河河源, the source of the Yellow River.

culture

The city's museum holds one of the world's largest collections of dinosaur eggs, and the dinosaur Heyuannia, 河源龙, is named after the city.

河 hé

源 yuán