yuán yīn

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原因 (yuán yīn) is a Chinese word meaning “cause; origin; root cause”.

Meanings

  1. 1cause
  2. 2origin
  3. 3root cause
  4. 4reason
  5. 5CL:個|个[ge4]
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 原因

原yuán · former因yīn · cause

Related words

因为because; owing to; on account of原谅to excuse原来original; former因cause因old variant of 因[yin1]因此thus; consequently; as a result原former原surname Yuan原则principle基因gene (loanword)原本originally可卡因cocaine (loanword)

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