來由

Chinese

		to come	follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to sb)
trad. (來由)		來	由
simp. (来由)		来	由
anagram		由來／由来

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láiyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ jau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láiyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láiyóu
  - Wade–Giles: lai²-yu²
  - Yale: lái-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laiyou
  - Palladius: лайю (lajju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loi⁴ jau⁴
  - Yale: lòih yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹/

Noun

來由

reason; cause

Synonyms

原因 (yuányīn)
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)
起因 (qǐyīn)
道理 (dàolǐ)
關係／关系

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