Definify.com

Definition 2025

原因

原因

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	cause; reason; because
simp. and trad. (原因)		原	因

Noun

原因

cause; reason (for something happening) (Classifier: 個／个 m)

Antonyms

結果／结果 (jiéguǒ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	因
げん Grade: 2	いん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi

(Tokyo) げんいん [gèń'íń] (Heiban - [0])^[1]

IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɴ.ĩɴ]

Noun

原因 ‎(hiragana げんいん, romaji gen'in)

The source or reason of an event or action; cause.

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yuányīn

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ jan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-yîn / ngiàn-yîn
Min Nan (POJ): goân-in

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: yuányīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanin
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ in⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
    ^edit
    ^edit
    元音
    原因
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ jan¹
  - Yale: yùhn yān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ jan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ jɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-yîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ in´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² yin¹
  - IPA: /ɲi̯en¹¹ in²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-yîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ (r)in´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² yin¹
  - IPA: /ɲi̯an¹¹ (j)in²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-in
  - Tâi-lô: guân-in
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goan'yn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /guan²⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /guan²⁴⁻²² in³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /guan¹³⁻²² in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /guan²⁴⁻¹¹ in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan²³⁻³³ in⁴⁴/