由來

See also: 由来

Chinese

	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)	to come
trad. (由來)	由	來
simp. (由来)	由	来
alternative forms	繇來／繇来
anagram	來由／来由

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yóulái

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ loi⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yù-lòi

(Hailu, HRS): rhiu loi
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): iu² lai²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iû-lâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): iu⁵ lai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yóulái
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yóulái
  - Wade–Giles: yu²-lai²
  - Yale: yóu-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youlai
  - Palladius: юлай (julaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ loi⁴
  - Yale: yàuh lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ loi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: iu^ˇ loi^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu² loi²
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯u¹¹ loi̯¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu^ˇ loi^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu² loi²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u¹¹ loi̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhiu loi
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒiu⁵⁵ loi⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: iu² lai² [Phonetic: iu⁵ lai²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: iú-lái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu¹³⁻¹¹ lai¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: iu² lai² [Phonetic: iu⁵ lai²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu²⁴⁻²¹ lai²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: iû-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iulaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² lai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ lai²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iu⁵ lai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iû lâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lai⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: yuw loj

Rime
Character	由	來
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	以周切	洛哀切
Baxter	yuw	loj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨu/	/lʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/jiu/	/ləi/
Shao Rongfen	/iəu/	/lɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juw/	/ləj/
Li Rong	/iu/	/lᴀi/
Wang Li	/jĭəu/	/lɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u/	/lɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóu	lái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau⁴	loi⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l[u] mə.rˤək/

(Zhengzhang): /*lɯw m·rɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	由	來
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yóu	lái
Middle Chinese	‹ yuw ›	‹ loj ›
Old Chinese	/*l[u]/	/mə.rˁək/ (> rˁə)
English	follow; from	come
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	由	來
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15526	7598
Phonetic component	由	來
Rime group	幽	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	猷
Old Chinese	/*lɯw/	/*m·rɯːɡ/

Noun

由來

origin; source
- 吾處懷期物，自有由來。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  吾处怀期物，自有由来。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Shen Yue, Book of Song, 492-493 CE
  Wú chǔ huái qī wù, zì yǒu yóulái. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
time since the beginning of the something (till now)
- 臣弑其君，子弑其父，非一朝一夕之故，其由來者漸矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  臣弑其君，子弑其父，非一朝一夕之故，其由来者渐矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE
  Chén shì qí jūn, zǐ shì qí fù, fēi yī zhāo yī xī zhī gù, qí yóulái zhě jiàn yǐ. [Pinyin]
  The murder of a ruler by his minister, or of his father by a son, is not the result of the events of one morning or one evening.