"緣起" meaning in Chinese

See 緣起 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jyːn²¹ hei̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /iɛn¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /iɛn²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /jyːn²¹ hei̯³⁵/, /iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/, /iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/, /iɛn¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/, /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/, /iɛn²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: yuánqǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jyun⁴ hei² [Cantonese, Jyutping], iân-khí, yuánqǐ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yuáncǐ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yüan²-chʻi³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], ywán-chǐ [Mandarin, Yale], yuanchii [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], юаньци [Mandarin, Palladius], juanʹci [Mandarin, Palladius], yùhn héi [Cantonese, Yale], jyn⁴ hei² [Cantonese, Pinyin], yun⁴ héi² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], iân-khí [Hokkien, POJ], iân-khí [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ienqie [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 緣起
  1. cause; origin
    Sense id: en-緣起-zh-noun-~kuIDxGw
  2. account of an initiation (of a project, founding of an institution)
    Sense id: en-緣起-zh-noun-G5-YLJ4V
  3. (Buddhism) pratītyasamutpāda Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-緣起-zh-noun-QKj7O0Uc Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 無盡緣起, 无尽缘起
Synonyms: 來由 (láiyóu), 来由 (láiyóu), 原因 (yuányīn), 因由 (yīnyóu), 因端 [Hokkien], 因致端 [Hokkien], 基因 (jīyīn) [dated], 張本 (zhāngběn) [literary], 张本 (zhāngběn) [literary], 成因 (chéngyīn), 所以然 (suǒyǐrán), 根由 (gēnyóu), 理由 (lǐyóu), 緣故 (yuángù), 缘故 (yuángù), 緣由 (yuányóu), 缘由 (yuányóu), 肇因 (zhàoyīn), 言因 (Anxi Hokkien), 起因 (qǐyīn), 道理 (dàolǐ), 關係, 关系

Verb

IPA: /ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jyːn²¹ hei̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /iɛn¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /iɛn²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /jyːn²¹ hei̯³⁵/, /iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/, /iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/, /iɛn¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/, /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/, /iɛn²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: yuánqǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jyun⁴ hei² [Cantonese, Jyutping], iân-khí, yuánqǐ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yuáncǐ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yüan²-chʻi³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], ywán-chǐ [Mandarin, Yale], yuanchii [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], юаньци [Mandarin, Palladius], juanʹci [Mandarin, Palladius], yùhn héi [Cantonese, Yale], jyn⁴ hei² [Cantonese, Pinyin], yun⁴ héi² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], iân-khí [Hokkien, POJ], iân-khí [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ienqie [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 緣起
  1. to happen for a particular reason
    Sense id: en-緣起-zh-verb-sF0hsaux Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
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      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
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    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
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      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ hei̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/"
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      "ipa": "/iɛn²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/"
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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        "Yale"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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        "Hokkien",
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        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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      "zh-pron": "ienqie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ hei̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "láiyóu",
      "word": "來由"
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      "roman": "láiyóu",
      "word": "来由"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yuányīn",
      "word": "原因"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yīnyóu",
      "word": "因由"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "因端"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "因致端"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jīyīn",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    {
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhāngběn",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "成因"
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    {
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      "roman": "suǒyǐrán",
      "word": "所以然"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gēnyóu",
      "word": "根由"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǐyóu",
      "word": "理由"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yuángù",
      "word": "緣故"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yuángù",
      "word": "缘故"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yuányóu",
      "word": "緣由"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "缘由"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "肇因"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Anxi Hokkien",
      "word": "言因"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "qǐyīn",
      "word": "起因"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "dàolǐ",
      "word": "道理"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "關係"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
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}
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "juanʹci"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yùhn héi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyn⁴ hei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yun⁴ héi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ hei̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iân-khí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iân-khí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ienqie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ hei̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "緣起"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "無盡緣起"
    },
    {
      "word": "无尽缘起"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "緣起",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cause; origin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "account of an initiation (of a project, founding of an institution)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "account",
          "account"
        ],
        [
          "initiation",
          "initiation"
        ],
        [
          "project",
          "project#English"
        ],
        [
          "founding",
          "founding#English"
        ],
        [
          "institution",
          "institution#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Buddhism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pratītyasamutpāda"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "pratītyasamutpāda",
          "pratītyasamutpāda"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism) pratītyasamutpāda"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuánqǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyun⁴ hei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [],
      "zh-pron": "iân-khí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuánqǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuáncǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yüan²-chʻi³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ywán-chǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuanchii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "юаньци"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "juanʹci"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yùhn héi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyn⁴ hei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yun⁴ héi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ hei̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iân-khí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iân-khí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ienqie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ hei̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "láiyóu",
      "word": "來由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láiyóu",
      "word": "来由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuányīn",
      "word": "原因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnyóu",
      "word": "因由"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "因端"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "因致端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīyīn",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "基因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhāngběn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "張本"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhāngběn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "张本"
    },
    {
      "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": "zhàoyīn",
      "word": "肇因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Anxi Hokkien",
      "word": "言因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐyīn",
      "word": "起因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàolǐ",
      "word": "道理"
    },
    {
      "word": "關係"
    },
    {
      "word": "关系"
    }
  ],
  "word": "緣起"
}

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