由來

See also: 由来

Chinese

		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)	to come
trad. (由來)		由	來
simp. (由来)		由	来
anagram		來由／来由

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóulái

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ loi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóulái
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóulái
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-lai²
    • Yale: yóu-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youlai
    • Palladius: юлай (julaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ loi⁴
    • Yale: yàuh lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: iû-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iulaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² lai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ lai²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 由來

1. origin; source
2. time since the beginning of the something (till now)