因 yīn — cause; reason
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Level 1 · Common HSK 2 #430
Variant:
囙
yīn yin1
Detailed explanation
noun
- (会意。从囗( wéi)大。大,人。甲骨文字形,象人在车席子上。本义:“茵”的本字,坐垫,车垫)
- mat;cushi on
- cause e.g 前因后果 因果报应
- opportunity;chance
- 姓
verb
- depend on;rely on e.g 因缘因赃假位 · 因公假私 · 因依 · 因附 · 因国
- follow e.g 因承 · 因习
- connect
- comply with;conform to;obey e.g 因便 · 因风吹火
- go to
preposition
- because of e.g 因地 · 因是
- from e.g 因命守时 · 因敌取资
- take advantage of;while
adjective
- intimate e.g 因心 · 因母
conjunction
- then
- thus;as a result
Related words
- 因为 because
- 因此 therefore; for this reason
- 原因 reason; cause
- 因素 factor; element
- 因而 therefore; thus; as a result
- 基因 gene
- 因地制宜 to suit measures to local conditions
- 因特网 Internet
- 因子 factor; element
- 因果 cause and effect; karma
- 因之 therefore; consequently; because of this
- 只因 only because; simply because
- 海洛因 heroin
- 成因 cause/factor
- 起因 cause/a factor (leading to an effect)
- 病因 cause of disease/pathogen
- 因公 on official duty; on business
- 因势利导 to guide according to the trend; to make the best of circumstances
- 动因 motivation/moving force/underlying force/agent
- 因循 to follow the old routine; to carry on as before; to procrastinate