原因

原因

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	cause; reason; because
simp. and trad. (原因)		原	因

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuányīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ jan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-yîn / ngiàn-yîn
• Min Nan (POJ): goân-in

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: yuányīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanin
    • IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ in⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ jan¹
    • Yale: yùhn yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ yen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ jɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ in´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² yin¹
    • IPA: /ɲi̯en¹¹ in²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ (r)in´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² yin¹
    • IPA: /ɲi̯an¹¹ (j)in²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-in
    • Tâi-lô: guân-in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goan'yn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /guan²⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /guan²⁴⁻²² in³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /guan¹³⁻²² in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /guan²⁴⁻¹¹ in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan²³⁻³³ in⁴⁴/

Noun

原因

1. cause; reason (for something happening) (Classifier: 個／个 m)

   原因分析  ―  yuányīn fēnxī  ―  cause analysis

   失事原因不明。  ―  Shīshì yuányīn bùmíng.  ―  The cause of the crash is not known.

Antonyms

• 結果／结果 (jiéguǒ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	因
げん Grade: 2	いん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) げんいん [gèń'íń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃ĩɴ]

Noun

原因 (hiragana げんいん, rōmaji gen'in)

1. cause (source or reason of an event or action)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
原	因

Noun

原因 • (wonin) (hangeul 원인)

1. Hanja form^? of 원인 (“cause”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
原	因

Noun

原因

1. Hán tự form of nguyên nhân (“cause; reason”).