正因

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	cause; reason; because
simp. and trad. (正因)		正	因

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ jan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngyin
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-yin¹
    • Yale: jèng-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqin
    • Palladius: чжэнъинь (čžɛnʺinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ jan¹
    • Yale: jing yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ jɐn⁵⁵/

Conjunction

正因

1. precisely because