緣起

See also: 縁起

Chinese

		along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (緣起)		緣	起
simp. (缘起)		缘	起

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánqǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ hei²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iân-khí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuánqǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuáncǐ
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-chʻi³
  - Yale: ywán-chǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanchii
  - Palladius: юаньци (juanʹci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ hei²
  - Yale: yùhn héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ héi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ hei̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-khí
  - Tâi-lô: iân-khí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ienqie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/

Verb

緣起

to happen for a particular reason

Noun

緣起

cause; origin
account of an initiation (of a project, founding of an institution)
(Buddhism) pratītyasamutpāda

Synonyms

(cause):

來由 / 来由 (láiyóu)
原因 (yuányīn)
因由 (yīnyóu)
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)
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

Derived terms

無盡緣起 / 无尽缘起

Japanese

Kanji in this term
緣	起
えん Jinmeiyō	き > ぎ Grade: 3
on'yomi	kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 緣起 – see the following entry.

【縁起えんぎ】

[noun] an omen

[noun] a cause of something, an origin, a source

[noun] (Buddhism) pratītyasamutpāda

(This term, 緣起, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
緣	起

Noun

緣起 • (yeon'gi) (hangeul 연기)

hanja form^? of 연기