"緣由" meaning in 漢語

See 緣由 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɥɛn³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jyːn²¹ jɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /i̯ɛn²⁴⁻²² i̯u²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /i̯ɛn²⁴⁻²² i̯u²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /i̯ɛn¹³⁻²² i̯u¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /i̯ɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯u²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taibei], /i̯ɛn²³⁻³³ i̯u²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 缘由 [Simplified-Chinese], 原由 [alternative], 源由 [alternative]
  1. 事情的緣起與由來
    Sense id: zh-緣由-zh-noun-7jtoHDM4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 官話名詞, 官話詞元, 帶「由」的漢語詞, 帶「緣」的漢語詞, 有3個詞條的頁面, 有同音詞的官話詞, 有同音詞的粵語詞, 有國際音標的漢語詞, 有詞條的頁面, 泉漳話名詞, 泉漳話詞元, 漢語名詞, 漢語詞元, 粵語名詞, 粵語詞元 Synonyms: 來由 [Traditional-Chinese], 来由 [Simplified-Chinese], 原因 (yuányīn), 因由 (yīnyóu), 因端 [Min-Nan], 因致端 [Min-Nan], 基因 (jīyīn) [dated], 張本 (zhāngběn) [Traditional-Chinese, literary], 张本 (zhāngběn) [Simplified-Chinese, literary], 成因 (chéngyīn), 所以然 (suǒyírán), 根由 (gēnyóu), 理由 (lǐyóu), 緣故 (yuángù) [Traditional-Chinese], 缘故 (yuángù) [Simplified-Chinese], 緣起 (yuánqǐ) [Traditional-Chinese], 缘起 (yuánqǐ) [Simplified-Chinese], 肇因, 言因, 起因 (qǐyīn), 道理 (dàolǐ), 關係 [Traditional-Chinese], 关系 [Simplified-Chinese]
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "由緣"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "由缘"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話名詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「由」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「緣」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有3個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有同音詞的官話詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有同音詞的粵語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話名詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語名詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語名詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "缘由",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "原由",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "源由",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "事情的緣起與由來"
      ],
      "id": "zh-緣由-zh-noun-7jtoHDM4"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuányóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun⁴ jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iân-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuányóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuányóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yüan²-yu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ywán-yóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuanyou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juanʹju",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "юанью"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "原油",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "緣由",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "缘由",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun⁴ jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yùhn yàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyn⁴ jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yun⁴ yeo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ jɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "原油",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "緣由",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "缘由",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iân-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iân-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ien'iuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯ɛn²⁴⁻²² i̯u²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯ɛn²⁴⁻²² i̯u²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯ɛn¹³⁻²² i̯u¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯ɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯u²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯ɛn²³⁻³³ i̯u²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "來由"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "来由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuányīn",
      "word": "原因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnyóu",
      "word": "因由"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "因端"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "因致端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīyīn",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "基因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhāngběn",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "張本"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhāngběn",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "张本"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chéngyīn",
      "word": "成因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suǒyírán",
      "word": "所以然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gēnyóu",
      "word": "根由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǐyóu",
      "word": "理由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuángù",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "緣故"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuángù",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "缘故"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánqǐ",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "緣起"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánqǐ",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "缘起"
    },
    {
      "word": "肇因"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "安溪腔泉漳話"
      ],
      "word": "言因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐyīn",
      "word": "起因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàolǐ",
      "word": "道理"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "關係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "关系"
    }
  ],
  "word": "緣由"
}
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "由緣"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "由缘"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "官話名詞",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「由」的漢語詞",
    "帶「緣」的漢語詞",
    "有3個詞條的頁面",
    "有同音詞的官話詞",
    "有同音詞的粵語詞",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "泉漳話名詞",
    "泉漳話詞元",
    "漢語名詞",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語名詞",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "缘由",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "原由",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "源由",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "事情的緣起與由來"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuányóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun⁴ jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iân-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuányóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuányóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yüan²-yu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ywán-yóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuanyou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juanʹju",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "юанью"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "原油",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "緣由",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "缘由",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun⁴ jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yùhn yàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyn⁴ jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yun⁴ yeo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ jɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "原油",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "緣由",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "缘由",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iân-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iân-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ien'iuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯ɛn²⁴⁻²² i̯u²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯ɛn²⁴⁻²² i̯u²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯ɛn¹³⁻²² i̯u¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯ɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯u²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯ɛn²³⁻³³ i̯u²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "來由"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "来由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuányīn",
      "word": "原因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnyóu",
      "word": "因由"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "因端"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "因致端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīyīn",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "基因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhāngběn",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "張本"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhāngběn",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "张本"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chéngyīn",
      "word": "成因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suǒyírán",
      "word": "所以然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gēnyóu",
      "word": "根由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǐyóu",
      "word": "理由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuángù",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "緣故"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuángù",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "缘故"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánqǐ",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "緣起"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánqǐ",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "缘起"
    },
    {
      "word": "肇因"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "安溪腔泉漳話"
      ],
      "word": "言因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐyīn",
      "word": "起因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàolǐ",
      "word": "道理"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "關係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "关系"
    }
  ],
  "word": "緣由"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 緣由 meaning in 漢語 (4.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <sup> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "緣由"
  ],
  "section": "漢語",
  "subsection": "發音",
  "title": "緣由",
  "trace": "started on line 19, detected on line 19"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </sup>",
  "path": [
    "緣由"
  ],
  "section": "漢語",
  "subsection": "發音",
  "title": "緣由",
  "trace": ""
}

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