"以此" meaning in Chinese

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "以此",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "yǐcǐlèituī",
          "word": "以此類推"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yǐcǐlèituī",
          "word": "以此类推"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "with this; thereby; thus; because of this; for this reason; on this account"
      ],
      "id": "en-以此-zh-adv-wiKyO873",
      "links": [
        [
          "thereby",
          "thereby"
        ],
        [
          "thus",
          "thus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) with this; thereby; thus; because of this; for this reason; on this account"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐcǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧˇ ㄘˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁵ ci²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐcǐ [Phonetic:yícǐ]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐcǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i³-tzʻŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐ-tsž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiitsyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ицы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "icy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yíh chí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁵ tsi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi⁵ qi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yícǐ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "以此"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "yǐcǐlèituī",
      "word": "以此類推"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐcǐlèituī",
      "word": "以此类推"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "以此",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese adverbs",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese formal terms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin adverbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "with this; thereby; thus; because of this; for this reason; on this account"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thereby",
          "thereby"
        ],
        [
          "thus",
          "thus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) with this; thereby; thus; because of this; for this reason; on this account"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐcǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧˇ ㄘˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁵ ci²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐcǐ [Phonetic:yícǐ]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐcǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i³-tzʻŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐ-tsž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiitsyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ицы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "icy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yíh chí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁵ tsi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi⁵ qi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yícǐ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "以此"
}