事由

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to sb)
simp. and trad. (事由)		事	由

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ jau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sīr-iû / sū-iû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyóu
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yu²
    • Yale: shr̀-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyou
    • Palladius: шию (šiju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìyóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyóur
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: shr̀-yóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyoul
    • Palladius: шиюр (šijur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ jau⁴
    • Yale: sih yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² jɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-iû
    • Tâi-lô: sīr-iû
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² iu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-iû
    • Tâi-lô: sū-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxiuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ iu²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ iu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ iu²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 事由

1. particulars of a matter; whys and wherefores of a matter
2. main content
3. excuse

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	由
じ Grade: 3	ゆう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

事(じ)由(ゆう) • (jiyū) ^{←じいう (ziiu)?}

1. cause, reason