前因

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	cause; reason; because
trad. (前因)		前	因
simp. #(前因)		前	因

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiányīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ jan¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-in

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zoin⁵ ing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiányīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciányin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-yin¹
    • Yale: chyán-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanin
    • Palladius: цяньинь (cjanʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ jan¹
    • Yale: chìhn yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ jɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-in
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeng'yn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² in³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ in⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zoin⁵ ing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsôiⁿ ing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iŋ³³/

Noun

前因

1. (literary) the cause; the reason

Derived terms

• 前因後果／前因后果 (qiányīnhòuguǒ)
• 後果前因／后果前因 (hòuguǒqiányīn)