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近因

近因

Chinese

		near; close (to); approximately	cause; reason; because
simp. and trad. (近因)		近	因

Conjunction

近因

(literary) directly because; directly as the result of

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jìnyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gan⁶ jan¹
Min Nan (POJ): kīn-in / kūn-in

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: jìnyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnin
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gan⁶ jan¹
  - Yale: gahn yān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ jan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² jɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kīn-in / kūn-in
  - Tâi-lô: kīn-in / kūn-in
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixn'yn, kuxn'yn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kin²²⁻²¹ in⁴⁴/, /kun²²⁻²¹ in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kin⁴¹⁻²² in³³/, /kun⁴¹⁻²² in³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin²²⁻²¹ in⁴⁴/, /kun²²⁻²¹ in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kin³³⁻¹¹ in⁴⁴/, /kun³³⁻¹¹ in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin³³⁻²¹ in⁴⁴/, /kun³³⁻²¹ in⁴⁴/