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

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• 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

1. to happen for a particular reason

Noun

緣起

1. cause; origin
2. account of an initiation (of a project, founding of an institution)
3. (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)

1. Hanja form^? of 연기.