事由

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	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. (事由)		事	由

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ jau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): sīr-iû / sū-iû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shìyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: shìyóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyoul
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyóur
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ jau⁴
    • Yale: sih yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² jɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-iû
    • Tâi-lô: sīr-iû
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² iu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-iû
    • Tâi-lô: sū-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxiuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ iu²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ iu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ iu²⁴/

Noun

事由

1. course of events; particulars of a matter; whys and wherefores of a matter
2. main content (of an official document)
3. excuse; pretext
4. (colloquial) occupation; profession; career; vocation

Synonyms

• (course of events):

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• 事情經過／事情经过 (shìqíng jīngguò)
• 原委 (yuánwěi)
• 始末 (shǐmò)
• 委曲 (wěiqū)

• 本末 (běnmò)
• 究竟 (jiūjìng)
• 經過／经过 (jīngguò)

• (main content):

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Synonyms of 事由

• 匯總／汇总 (huìzǒng)
• 大綱／大纲 (dàgāng)
• 大要 (dàyào)
• 小結／小结 (xiǎojié)
• 提綱／提纲 (tígāng)
• 提要 (tíyào)
• 摘要 (zhāiyào)
• 撮要 (cuōyào) (dated)
• 擇要／择要 (zéyào)
• 梗概 (gěnggài)
• 概括 (gàikuò)
• 概況／概况 (gàikuàng)

• 概略 (gàilüè)
• 概要 (gàiyào)
• 概說／概说 (gàishuō) (often used in book and chapter titles)
• 概貌 (gàimào)
• 概述 (gàishù)
• 綱要／纲要 (gāngyào)
• 綱領／纲领 (gānglǐng)
• 總結／总结 (zǒngjié)
• 總綱／总纲 (zǒnggāng)
• 要略 (yàolüè) (often used in book and chapter titles)
• 輪廓／轮廓 (lúnkuò)
• 鳥瞰／鸟瞰 (niǎokàn)

• (excuse):

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• 推頭 (Wu)
• 由頭／由头 (yóutou)
• 盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
• 藉口／借口 (jièkǒu)

• 託詞／托词 (tuōcí)
• 頭由／头由 (tóuyóu) (dialectal)
• 題目／题目 (tímù) (Classical Chinese)

• (occupation):

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• 事業／事业 (shìyè)
• 作為主要生活來源的工作／作为主要生活来源的工作 (zuòwéi zhǔyào shēnghuó láiyuán de gōngzuò)
• 本業／本业 (běnyè)

• 職業／职业 (zhíyè)
• 行業／行业 (hángyè)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	由
じ Grade: 3	ゆう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) じゆう [jìyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑijɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

事(じ)由(ゆう) • (jiyū) ^{←じいう (zīu)?}

1. cause, reason