肇因

Chinese

		at first; devise; originate	cause; reason; because
trad. (肇因)		肇	因
simp. #(肇因)		肇	因

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàoyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu⁶ jan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàoyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàoyin
    • Wade–Giles: chao⁴-yin¹
    • Yale: jàu-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jawin
    • Palladius: чжаоинь (čžaoinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu⁶ jan¹
    • Yale: siuh yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²² jɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

肇因

1. cause; culprit

Synonyms

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• 來由／来由 (láiyóu)
• 原因 (yuányīn)
• 因由 (yīnyóu)
• 因端 (Hokkien)
• 因致端 (Hokkien)
• 基因 (jīyīn) (dated)
• 張本／张本 (zhāngběn) (literary)
• 成因 (chéngyīn)
• 所以然 (suǒyǐrán)
• 根由 (gēnyóu)
• 理由 (lǐyóu)
• 緣故／缘故 (yuángù)
• 緣由／缘由 (yuányóu)
• 緣起／缘起 (yuánqǐ)
• 言因 (Anxi Hokkien)
• 說道／说道 (shuōdao) (colloquial)
• 起因 (qǐyīn)
• 道理 (dàolǐ)
• 關係／关系