緣起

See also: 縁起

Chinese

		along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (緣起)		緣	起
simp. (缘起)		缘	起

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánqǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ hei²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iân-khí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuánqǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuáncǐ
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-chʻi³
  - Yale: ywán-chǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanchii
  - Palladius: юаньци (juanʹci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ hei²
  - Yale: yùhn héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ héi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ hei̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-khí
  - Tâi-lô: iân-khí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ienqie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/

Verb

緣起

to happen for a particular reason

Noun

緣起

cause; origin
account of an initiation (of a project, founding of an institution)
(Buddhism) pratītyasamutpāda

Synonyms

(cause):

來由／来由 (láiyóu)
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)
肇因 (zhàoyīn)
言因 (Anxi Hokkien)
起因 (qǐyīn)
道理 (dàolǐ)
關係／关系

Derived terms

無盡緣起／无尽缘起

Japanese

Kanji in this term
緣	起
えん Jinmeiyō	き > ぎ Grade: 3
on’yomi	kan’on

For pronunciation and definitions of 緣起 – see the following entry.

【縁起えんぎ】

[noun] an omen

[noun] a cause of something, an origin, a source

[noun] (Buddhism) pratītyasamutpāda

(This term, 緣起, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
緣	起

Noun

緣起 • (yeon'gi) (hangeul 연기)

Hanja form^? of 연기.

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