See 來由 on Wiktionary
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"roman": "yuányīn",
"word": "原因"
},
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"roman": "yīnyóu",
"word": "因由"
},
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],
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{
"roman": "chéngyīn",
"word": "成因"
},
{
"roman": "suǒyǐrán",
"word": "所以然"
},
{
"roman": "gēnyóu",
"word": "根由"
},
{
"roman": "lǐyóu",
"word": "理由"
},
{
"roman": "yuángù",
"word": "緣故"
},
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"roman": "yuángù",
"word": "缘故"
},
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"roman": "yuányóu",
"word": "緣由"
},
{
"roman": "yuányóu",
"word": "缘由"
},
{
"roman": "yuánqǐ",
"word": "緣起"
},
{
"roman": "yuánqǐ",
"word": "缘起"
},
{
"roman": "zhàoyīn",
"word": "肇因"
},
{
"roman": "Suzhounese",
"word": "苗頭"
},
{
"roman": "Suzhounese",
"word": "苗头"
},
{
"roman": "Anxi Hokkien",
"word": "言因"
},
{
"roman": "shuōdao",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "說道"
},
{
"roman": "shuōdao",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "说道"
},
{
"roman": "qǐyīn",
"word": "起因"
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{
"word": "关系"
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},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄌㄞˊ ㄧㄡˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "loi⁴ jau⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"PFS",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "lòi-yù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hailu",
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "loi rhiu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "láiyóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄌㄞˊ ㄧㄡˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "láiyóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "lai²-yu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "lái-yóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "laiyou"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "лайю"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "lajju"
},
{
"ipa": "/laɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "lòih yàuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "loi⁴ jau⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "loi⁴ yeo⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɔːi̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "lòi-yù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "loi^ˇ iu^ˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "loi² yiu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/loi̯¹¹ i̯u¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
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"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh-pron": "lòi-yù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "loi^ˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "r"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "iu^ˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka"
],
"zh-pron": "loi² yiu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/loi̯¹¹ (j)i̯u¹¹/",
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Hailu",
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Zhudong"
],
"zh-pron": "loi rhiu"
},
{
"ipa": "/loi⁵⁵ ʒiu⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Hailu",
"Hakka",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Zhudong"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/laɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɔːi̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/loi̯¹¹ i̯u¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/loi̯¹¹ (j)i̯u¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/loi⁵⁵ ʒiu⁵⁵/"
}
],
"word": "來由"
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"zh-pron": "láiyóu"
},
{
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄌㄞˊ ㄧㄡˊ"
},
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"zh-pron": "loi⁴ jau⁴"
},
{
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"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "lòi-yù"
},
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"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "loi rhiu"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "láiyóu"
},
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"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄌㄞˊ ㄧㄡˊ"
},
{
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"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "láiyóu"
},
{
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"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "lai²-yu²"
},
{
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"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "lái-yóu"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "laiyou"
},
{
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"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "лайю"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "lajju"
},
{
"ipa": "/laɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/",
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"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "lòih yàuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "loi⁴ jau⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "loi⁴ yeo⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɔːi̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹/",
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "lòi-yù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "loi^ˇ iu^ˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "loi² yiu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/loi̯¹¹ i̯u¹¹/",
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"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
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{
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"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh-pron": "lòi-yù"
},
{
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"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "loi^ˇ"
},
{
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"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "r"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "iu^ˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka"
],
"zh-pron": "loi² yiu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/loi̯¹¹ (j)i̯u¹¹/",
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Zhudong"
],
"zh-pron": "loi rhiu"
},
{
"ipa": "/loi⁵⁵ ʒiu⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
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"Hakka",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Zhudong"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/laɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɔːi̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/loi̯¹¹ i̯u¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/loi̯¹¹ (j)i̯u¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/loi⁵⁵ ʒiu⁵⁵/"
}
],
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"roman": "yuányīn",
"word": "原因"
},
{
"roman": "yīnyóu",
"word": "因由"
},
{
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"Hokkien"
],
"word": "因端"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "因致端"
},
{
"roman": "jīyīn",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "基因"
},
{
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"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "張本"
},
{
"roman": "zhāngběn",
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"literary"
],
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},
{
"roman": "chéngyīn",
"word": "成因"
},
{
"roman": "suǒyǐrán",
"word": "所以然"
},
{
"roman": "gēnyóu",
"word": "根由"
},
{
"roman": "lǐyóu",
"word": "理由"
},
{
"roman": "yuángù",
"word": "緣故"
},
{
"roman": "yuángù",
"word": "缘故"
},
{
"roman": "yuányóu",
"word": "緣由"
},
{
"roman": "yuányóu",
"word": "缘由"
},
{
"roman": "yuánqǐ",
"word": "緣起"
},
{
"roman": "yuánqǐ",
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},
{
"roman": "zhàoyīn",
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},
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"word": "苗頭"
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"word": "苗头"
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},
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],
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},
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"roman": "qǐyīn",
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},
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"roman": "dàolǐ",
"word": "道理"
},
{
"word": "關係"
},
{
"word": "关系"
}
],
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}
Download raw JSONL data for 來由 meaning in All languages combined (4.3kB)
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