基因

Chinese

		base; foundation; basic base; foundation; basic; (chemistry) radical	cause; reason; because
simp. and trad. (基因)		基	因
Literally: “fundamental factor”.

Etymology

“gene”

Phono-semantic matching of English gene, coined by geneticist Tan Jiazhen circa 1935.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ jan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kî-yîn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki-in

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiyin
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-yin¹
    • Yale: jī-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiin
    • Palladius: цзиинь (cziinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ jan¹
    • Yale: gēi yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ jɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî-yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi´ in´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹ yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ in²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî-yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi´ (r)in´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹ yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)in²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-in
    • Tâi-lô: ki-in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'yn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ in³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 基因

1. (genetics) gene

   基因突變／基因突变  ―  jīyīn tūbiàn  ―  genetic mutation

2. (now dated) cause; basic cause

Synonyms

• (cause):

(deprecated template usage)

• 來由／来由 (láiyóu)
• 原因 (yuányīn)
• 因由 (yīnyóu)
• 因端 (Hokkien)
• 因致端 (Hokkien)
• 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

 

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
基	因
き Grade: 5	いん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

基(き)因(いん) • (kiin) 

1. cause; origin