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原委

原委

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	give up; indeed; to commission give up; indeed; to commission; crooked
simp. and trad. (原委)		原	委

Noun

原委

all the details; the whole story; how a thing happened from beginning to end

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yuánwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ wai²
Min Nan (POJ): goân-úi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: yuánwěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanwoei
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
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    原委
    袁隗
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ wai²
  - Yale: yùhn wái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ wai²
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ wɐi̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-úi
  - Tâi-lô: guân-uí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goan'uie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /guan²⁴⁻²² ui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /guan²⁴⁻¹¹ ui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan²³⁻³³ ui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /guan²⁴⁻²² ui⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /guan¹³⁻²² ui⁵³/