因由

Chinese

		cause; reason; because	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. (因由)		因	由

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ jau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yîn-yù
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): in-iû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinyóu
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-yu²
    • Yale: yīn-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyou
    • Palladius: инью (inʹju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (因由兒／因由儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinyóur
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-yu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yīn-yóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyoul
    • Palladius: иньюр (inʹjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ jau⁴
    • Yale: yān yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-yù
    • Hakka Romanization System: in´ iuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ yiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /in²⁴ i̯u¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-yù
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)in´ (r)iuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ yiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in²⁴ (j)i̯u¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-iû
    • Tâi-lô: in-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: in'iuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /in⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /in³³ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/

Noun

因由

1. reason; cause; origin
2. (Buddhism) hetu and prataya; principal and secondary causes

Synonyms

• (reason):

• 來由／来由 (láiyóu)
• 原因 (yuányīn)
• 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