來由

Chinese

		to come	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)
trad. (來由)		來	由
simp. (来由)		来	由
anagram		由來／由来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láiyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láiyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láiyóu
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-yu²
    • Yale: lái-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laiyou
    • Palladius: лайю (lajju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ jau⁴
    • Yale: lòih yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹/

Noun

來由

1. reason; cause

Synonyms

• 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)
• 緣起／缘起 (yuánqǐ)
• 肇因 (zhàoyīn)
• 言因 (Anxi Hokkien)
• 起因 (qǐyīn)
• 道理 (dàolǐ)
• 關係／关系