遠因

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	cause; reason; because
trad. (遠因)		遠	因
simp. (远因)		远	因

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuǎnyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ jan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-in

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎnyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎnyin
    • Wade–Giles: yüan³-yin¹
    • Yale: ywǎn-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanin
    • Palladius: юаньинь (juanʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵ jan¹
    • Yale: yúhn yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ jɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-in
    • Tâi-lô: uán-in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafn'yn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ in³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ in⁴⁴/

Noun

遠因

1. indirect cause; distant cause; remote cause

Antonyms

• 近因 (jìnyīn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遠因):

• → Japanese: 遠因(えんいん) (en'in)
• → Korean: 원인(遠因) (wonin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠	因
えん Grade: 2	いん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

遠(えん)因(いん) • (en'in) 

1. indirect cause, distant cause, remote cause

   その事件(じけん)は戦争(せんそう)を引(ひ)き起(お)こす遠因(えんいん)となった。

   Sono jiken wa sensō o hikiokosu en'in to natta.

   The incident turned out to be a distant cause of the war.

2. underlying cause