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Cause in Chinese: 原因 (yuán yīn)

yuán yīn

cause

HSK 3.0 Level 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1cause
  2. 2origin
  3. 3root cause
  4. 4reason

Stroke order

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原
因

Zhuyin

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ㄩㄢˊ

yuán

ㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄧㄣ

yīn

ㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 是什么原因？

    shì shén me yuán yīn？

    What's causing it?

  • 我明白原因。

    wǒ míng bái yuán yīn。

    I understand why.

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Related words

因

yīn

cause

原

yuán

former

因为

yīn wèi

because

因此

yīn cǐ

thus

原来

yuán lái

original

原谅

yuán liàng

to excuse

因而

yīn ér

therefore

因素

yīn sù

element

原料

yuán liào

raw material

原则

yuán zé

principle

草原

cǎo yuán

grassland

高原

gāo yuán

plateau

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