為因

Chinese

		because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	cause; reason; because
trad. (為因/爲因)		為/爲	因
simp. (为因)		为	因
anagram		因為／因为

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ jan¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): vi² yin¹

---

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ jan¹
    • Yale: waih yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² jɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vi² yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋi¹¹ in⁴⁴/

Conjunction

為因

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) since; because

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 因為 (“because; because of”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		因, 為
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		因為, 因, 由於
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	因為, 庸 because of, 庸因 because of
	Taiwan	因為
	Harbin	庸 because of, 庸乎 because of
	Singapore	因為
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	擁 because of
Cantonese	Guangzhou	因為, 為因, 事關
	Hong Kong	因為, 事關
	Taishan	因為
	Singapore (Guangfu)	因為
Hakka	Meixian	為因
	Huidong (Daling)	因為
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	就係
	Changting	為因
	Wuping (Pingyu)	因致
	Liancheng	就係
	Ruijin	因致
	Shicheng	就係
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	因為, 因爭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	因為
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	因為
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	因為, 因致
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	因為, 因爭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	因為
Jin	Taiyuan	因為
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	因為
Southern Min	Xiamen	因為
	Quanzhou	因為
	Zhangzhou	因為
	Taipei	因為
	Kaohsiung	因為
	Penang (Hokkien)	因為
	Singapore (Hokkien)	因為
	Manila (Hokkien)	因為
	Jieyang	因致
	Puning	因為
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	因為
Wu	Shanghai	因為, 因得 dated, 因得仔 dated
Xiang	Changsha	因為得, 因得