由來
See also: 由来
Chinese
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) |
to come | ||
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trad. (由來) | 由 | 來 | |
simp. (由来) | 由 | 来 | |
alternative forms | 繇來/繇来 | ||
anagram | 來由/来由 |
Pronunciation
Noun
由來
- origin; source
- time since the beginning of the something (till now)
- 臣弑其君,子弑其父,非一朝一夕之故,其由來者漸矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
- Chén shì qí jūn, zǐ shì qí fù, fēi yī zhāo yī xī zhī gù, qí yóulái zhě jiàn yǐ. [Pinyin]
- The murder of a ruler by his minister, or of his father by a son, is not the result of the events of one morning or one evening.
臣弑其君,子弑其父,非一朝一夕之故,其由来者渐矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
- (origin):
- 來源/来源 (láiyuán)
- 出處/出处 (chūchù)
- 基本 (jīběn)
- 大本 (dàběn) (literary)
- 本源 (běnyuán)
- 根 (gēn)
- 根本 (gēnběn)
- 根源 (gēnyuán)
- 根頭/根头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 泉源 (quányuán)
- 淵源/渊源 (yuānyuán)
- 源 (yuán) (literary, or in compounds)
- 源泉 (yuánquán) (figurative)
- 源頭/源头 (yuántóu) (figurative)
- 濫觴/滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
- 起源 (qǐyuán)
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