根由

Chinese

		radical (chem.); root; basis	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)
simp. and trad. (根由)		根	由
alternative forms		根繇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēnyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄣ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēnyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: genyóu
    • Wade–Giles: kên¹-yu²
    • Yale: gēn-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genyou
    • Palladius: гэнью (gɛnʹju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan¹ jau⁴
    • Yale: gān yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/

Noun

根由

1. cause; 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)
• 成因 (chéngyīn)
• 所以然 (suǒyǐrán)
• 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