內因

Chinese

		inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior	cause; reason; because
trad. (內因)		內	因
simp. (内因)		内	因

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nèiyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄟˋ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ jan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lǎi-in / lāi-in / lōe-in

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nèiyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˋ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nèiyin
    • Wade–Giles: nei⁴-yin¹
    • Yale: nèi-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neyin
    • Palladius: нэйинь (nɛjinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /neɪ̯⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: noi⁶ jan¹
    • Yale: noih yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² jɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎi-in
    • Tâi-lô: lǎi-in
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²² in³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāi-in
    • Tâi-lô: lāi-in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laixyn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lai²²⁻²¹ in⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōe-in
    • Tâi-lô: luē-in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loexyn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lue⁴¹⁻²² in³³/

Noun

內因

1. (philosophy) internal cause

Antonyms

• 外因 (wàiyīn)