由來

See also: 由来

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóulái

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ loi⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): iû-lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yóulái
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youlai
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóulái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ loi⁴
    • Yale: yàuh lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ lɔːy̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: iû-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iulaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² laɪ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ laɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ laɪ²³/

Noun

由來

1. origin; source
2. time since the beginning of the something (till now)

Synonyms

• (origin):

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Synonyms of 由來

• 來源／来源 (láiyuán)
• 出處／出处 (chūchù)
• 基本 (jīběn)
• 大本 (dàběn) (literary)
• 本源 (běnyuán)
• 根本 (gēnběn)
• 根源 (gēnyuán)
• 根頭／根头 (Min Nan)

• 泉源 (quányuán)
• 淵源／渊源 (yuānyuán)
• 源 (yuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 源泉 (yuánquán) (figurative)
• 源頭／源头 (yuántóu) (figurative)
• 濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
• 起源 (qǐyuán)