Chinese edit

cause; reason; because
 
and; as well as; but (not)
and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
simp. and trad.
(因而)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (38)
Final () (43) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jin nyi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiɪn/ /ȵɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔin/ /ȵɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔjen/ /ȵʑie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔin/ /ȵɨ/
Li
Rong
/ʔiĕn/ /ȵiə/
Wang
Li
/ĭĕn/ /ȵʑĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ĕn/ /ȵʑi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yīn ér
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jan1 ji4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yīn ér
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjin › ‹ nyi ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔi[n]/ /*nə/
English rely on and, but

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15176 2720
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qin/ /*njɯ/
Notes

Conjunction edit

因而

  1. thus; consequently; as a result; so

Synonyms edit