事由

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to someone)
simp. and trad. (事由)		事	由

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ jau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sīr-iû / sū-iû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyóu
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yu²
  - Yale: shr̀-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyou
  - Palladius: шию (šiju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìyóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyóur
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yu²-ʼrh
  - Yale: shr̀-yóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyoul
  - Palladius: шиюр (šijur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ jau⁴
  - Yale: sih yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² jɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-iû
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-iû
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² iu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-iû
  - Tâi-lô: sū-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxiuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ iu²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ iu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ iu²⁴/

Noun

事由

course of events; particulars of a matter; whys and wherefores of a matter
main content (of an official document)
excuse; pretext
(colloquial) occupation; profession; career; vocation

Synonyms

(course of events):

事情經過 / 事情经过 (shìqíng jīngguò)
原委 (yuánwěi)
委曲 (wěiqū)
始末 (shǐmò)
本末 (běnmò)
究竟 (jiūjìng)
經過 / 经过 (jīngguò)

(main content):

匯總 / 汇总 (huìzǒng)
大綱 / 大纲 (dàgāng)
大要 (dàyào)
小結 / 小结 (xiǎojié)
提綱 / 提纲 (tígāng)
提要 (tíyào)
摘要 (zhāiyào)
撮要 (cuōyào) (dated)
擇要 / 择要 (zéyào)
梗概 (gěnggài)
概括 (gàikuò)
概況 / 概况 (gàikuàng)
概略 (gàilüè)
概要 (gàiyào)
概說 / 概说 (gàishuō) (often used in book and chapter titles)
概貌 (gàimào)
概述 (gàishù)
綱要 / 纲要 (gāngyào)
綱領 / 纲领 (gānglǐng)
總結 / 总结 (zǒngjié)
總綱 / 总纲 (zǒnggāng)
要略 (yàolüè) (often used in book and chapter titles)
輪廓 / 轮廓 (lúnkuò)
鳥瞰 / 鸟瞰 (niǎokàn)

(excuse):

口實 / 口实 (kǒushí)
幌子 (huǎngzi) (figurative)
推頭 / 推头 (¹the-deu) (Wu)
擋箭牌 / 挡箭牌 (dǎngjiànpái) (figurative)
由子 (yóuzi)
由頭 / 由头
盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
藉口 / 借口 (jièkǒu)
託詞 / 托词 (tuōcí)
頭由 / 头由 (tóuyóu) (dialectal)
題目 / 题目 (tímù) (Classical Chinese)

(occupation):

事業 / 事业 (shìyè)
本業 / 本业 (běnyè)
職業 / 职业 (zhíyè)
行業 / 行业 (hángyè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	由
じ Grade: 3	ゆう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゆう [jìyúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑijɯ̟ː]

Noun

事(じ)由(ゆう) • (jiyū) ^{←じいう (ziiu)^?}

cause, reason

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN