以……為由

以……為由

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	Ellipsis.	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	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)
trad. (以……為由)		以	……	為	由
simp. (以……为由)		以	……	为	由

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐ ... wéiyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ... ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ ... wai⁴ jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǐ ... wéiyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ... ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyi ... weiyou
    • IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵ i̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ ... wai⁴ jau⁴
    • Yale: yíh ... wàih yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ ... wai⁴ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ ... wei⁴ yeo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹/

Circumposition

以……為由

1. because of; due to