原因

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	cause; reason; because
simp. and trad. (原因)		原	因

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuányīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ jan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-yîn / ngiàn-yîn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-in

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuányīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuányin
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-yin¹
    • Yale: ywán-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanin
    • Palladius: юаньинь (juanʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ in⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ jan¹
    • Yale: yùhn yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ jɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ in´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ in²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ (r)in´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ (j)in²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-in
    • Tâi-lô: guân-in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goan'yn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² in³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ in⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 原因

1. cause; reason (for something happening) (Classifier: 個／个 m)

   原因分析  ―  yuányīn fēnxī  ―  cause analysis

   失事原因不明。  ―  Shīshì yuányīn bùmíng.  ―  The cause of the crash is not known.

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 來由／来由 (láiyóu)
• 因由 (yīnyóu)
• 因端 (Hokkien)
• 因致端 (Hokkien)
• 基因 (jīyīn) (dated)
• 張本／张本 (zhāngběn) (literary)
• 成因 (chéngyīn)
• 所以然 (suǒyǐrán)
• 根由 (gēnyóu)
• 理由 (lǐyóu)
• 緣故／缘故 (yuángù)
• 緣由／缘由 (yuányóu)
• 緣起／缘起 (yuánqǐ)
• 肇因 (zhàoyīn)
• 言因 (Anxi Hokkien)
• 起因 (qǐyīn)
• 道理 (dàolǐ)
• 關係／关系

 

Antonyms

• 結果／结果 (jiéguǒ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	因
げん Grade: 2	いん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

原(げん)因(いん) • (gen'in) 

1. cause (source or reason of an event or action)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
原	因

Noun

原因 • (wonin) (hangeul 원인)

1. hanja form^? of 원인 (“cause”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
原	因

Noun

原因

1. chữ Hán form of nguyên nhân (“cause; reason”).