成因

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	cause; reason; because
simp. and trad. (成因)		成	因

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ jan¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-in

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng⁵ ing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngyin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-yin¹
    • Yale: chéng-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngin
    • Palladius: чэнъинь (čɛnʺinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ jan¹
    • Yale: sìhng yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ jɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-in
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seng'yn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² in³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ in⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêng⁵ ing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sêng ing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iŋ³³/

Noun

成因

1. cause; contributing factor; cause of formation; origin

Synonyms

• 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)
• 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

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
成	因
せい Grade: 4	いん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

成(せい)因(いん) • (seiin) 

1. origin; cause