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Definition 2024

因由

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 sb)
simp. and trad. (因由)		因	由

Noun

因由

(informal) reason; cause; origin

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yīnyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ jau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): in-iû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīnyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyou
  - IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ i̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan¹ jau⁴
  - Yale: yān yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ jau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-iû
  - Tâi-lô: in-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: in'iuu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /in³³ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /in⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/