遠因

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	cause; reason; because
trad. (遠因)		遠	因
simp. (远因)		远	因

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuǎnyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ jan¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-in

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎnyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎnyin
  - Wade–Giles: yüan³-yin¹
  - Yale: ywǎn-yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanin
  - Palladius: юаньинь (juanʹinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁵ jan¹
  - Yale: yúhn yān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ jan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ yen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ jɐn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-in
  - Tâi-lô: uán-in
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafn'yn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ in³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ in⁴⁴/

Noun

遠因

indirect cause; distant cause; remote cause

Antonyms

近因 (jìnyīn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遠因):

→ Japanese: 遠因(えんいん) (en'in)
→ Korean: 원인(遠因) (wonin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠	因
えん Grade: 2	いん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えんいん [èń'íń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɰ̃ĩɴ]

Noun

遠(えん)因(いん) • (en'in)

indirect cause, distant cause, remote cause
その事件(じけん)は戦争(せんそう)を引(ひ)き起(お)こす遠因(えんいん)となった。
Sono jiken wa sensō o hikiokosu en'in to natta.
The incident turned out to be a distant cause of the war.
underlying cause