因由

Chinese

		cause; reason; because	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. (因由)		因	由

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ jau⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yîn-yù

(Hailu, HRS): rhin^ˋ rhiu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): in-iû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinyóu
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-yu²
  - Yale: yīn-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyou
  - Palladius: инью (inʹju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    音遊 / 音游
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (因由兒 / 因由儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinyóur
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-yu²-ʼrh
  - Yale: yīn-yóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyoul
  - Palladius: иньюр (inʹjur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan¹ jau⁴
  - Yale: yān yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-yù
  - Hakka Romanization System: in^ˊ iu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ yiu²
  - Sinological IPA: /in²⁴ i̯u¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-yù
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)in^ˊ (r)iu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ yiu²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)in²⁴ (j)i̯u¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhin^ˋ rhiu
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒin⁵³ ʒiu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-iû
  - Tâi-lô: in-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: in'iuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /in⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /in³³ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/

Noun

因由

reason; cause; origin
(Buddhism) hetu and prataya; principal and secondary causes

Synonyms

(reason):

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來由 / 来由 (láiyóu)
原因 (yuányīn)
因端 (Hokkien)
因致端 (Hokkien)
基因 (jīyīn) (dated)
張本 / 张本 (zhāngběn) (literary)
成因 (chéngyīn)
所以然 (suǒyǐrán)
根由 (gēnyóu)
理由 (lǐyóu)
緣故 / 缘故 (yuángù)
緣由 / 缘由 (yuányóu)
緣起 / 缘起 (yuánqǐ)
肇因 (zhàoyīn)
苗頭 / 苗头 (Suzhounese)
言因 (Anxi Hokkien)
說道 / 说道 (shuōdao) (colloquial)
起因 (qǐyīn)
道理 (dàolǐ)
關係 / 关系