# 原因
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yuányīn
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄣ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jyun$^4$ jan$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngun$^3$ yin$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-yîn / ngiàn-yîn
    (Hailu, HRS): ngien rhin$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): nguòng-ĭng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): goân-in / giân-in
    (Teochew, Peng'im): nguang$^5$ ing$^1$ / nguang$^5$ êng$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuányīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuányin
*** Wade–Giles: yüan$^2$-yin$^1$
*** Yale: ywán-yīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanin
*** Palladius: юаньинь (juanʹinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛn³⁵ in⁵⁵/
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* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyun$^4$ jan$^1$
*** Yale: yùhn yān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyn$^4$ jan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yun$^4$ yen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːn²¹ jɐn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngun$^3$ yin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡun²² jin³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-yîn
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngien$^ˇ$ in$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngian$^2$ yin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ in²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-yîn
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngian$^ˇ$ (r)in$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngian$^2$ yin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ (j)in²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngien rhin$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋien⁵⁵ ʒin⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nguòng-ĭng
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋuoŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(Ø-)}$ŋiŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-in
*** Tâi-lô: guân-in
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goan'yn
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² in⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ in⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² in³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ in⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Anxi)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giân-in
*** Tâi-lô: giân-in
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gien'yn
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: nguang$^5$ ing$^1$ / nguang$^5$ êng$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguâng ing / nguâng eng
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iŋ³³/, /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ eŋ³³/

### Noun

原因
* (countable) cause; reason (for something happening) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
    查明原因 ― chámíng yuányīn ― to ascertain the cause
    原因分析 ― yuányīn fēnxī ― cause analysis
    失事原因不明。 ― Shīshì yuányīn bùmíng. ― The cause of the crash is not known.
       Dìmǔ Bódùn dǎoyǎn de diànyǐng chūmíng de yuányīn shì zài zhèxiē yǐngpiàn zhōng yǒu hěnduō de qūxiàn. [Pinyin]
       The movies Tim Burton directs are famous for their many curves.
       Jízhuǎnwān yǐ bìmiǎn zhuàng dào dòngwù shì zàochéng chēhuò de zhǔyào yuányīn. [Pinyin]
       Swerving to avoid animals is a major cause of crashes.

#### Synonyms

* 來由／来由 (láiyóu)
* 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)
* 肇因 (zhàoyīn)
* 言因 (Anxi Hokkien)
* 說道／说道 (shuōdao) (colloquial)
* 起因 (qǐyīn)
* 道理 (dàolǐ)
* 關係／关系

#### Antonyms

* 結果／结果 (jiéguǒ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 原因(げんいん) (gen'in)
* → Korean: 원인(原因) (wonin)
* → Vietnamese: nguyên nhân (原因)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 原 | 因 |
| げん Grade: 2 | いん Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) げんいん [gèń'íń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃ĩɴ]

### Noun

原(げん)因(いん) • (gen'in)
* cause (source or reason of an event or action)

#### See also

* 理由(りゆう) (riyū, “reason”)

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 原 | 因 |

### Noun

原因 • (wonin) (hangeul 원인)
* hanja form of 원인 (“cause”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 原 | 因 |

### Noun

原因
* chữ Hán form of nguyên nhân (“cause; reason”).