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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yīn | yin1
English translation
old variant of 因 yīn [yīn]
cause, reason; by; because

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About 因 yīn

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

因 yīn

Contains the radical

囗 wéi

Part of speech

Preposition / 介词 jiè cí Jiècí

Etymology of 因 yīn

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Positional decomposition

⿴囗大

Explanation

Pictograph of clothing surrounding (囗 wéi ) a person (人 rén ), now written as 裀 yīn . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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Example sentences using 因 yīn

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因此 yīncǐ 当 dāng 互补 hù bǔ 染色体 rǎn sè tǐ 丢失 diū shī 时 shí , 就 jiù 会 huì 产生 chǎnshēng 恶性 è xìng 分 fēn 离 lí 子 zǐ .

Maligrant segregants may, therefore, arise when complementing chromosomes are lost.

他 tā 因 yīn 受 shòu 击 jī 而 ér 疼 téng 得 dé 弯 wān 下 xià 了 le 身 shēn .

He doubled up with the pain of the bolw.

小 xiǎo 鸡 jī 因为 yīnwèi 饿 è 而 ér 开始 kāishǐ 吱吱叫 jiào .

The little chicks began to peep because they were hungry.

因为 yīnwèi 天气 tiānqì 转 zhuǎn 晴 qíng ,昨天 zuótiān 短途出游 chū yóu 也 Yě 进入 jìn rù 高峰 gāofēng .

Because the weather turned fine yesterday, also entered the peak short - distance travel.

他 tā 因 yīn 嗓子 sǎngzi 疼 téng 而 ér 不 bù 能 Néng 吞咽 tūn yàn .

He couldn't swallow because of a sore throat.

Words with 因 yīn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
因为 yīnwèi because因為
原因 yuányīn cause原因 yuányīn
因此 yīncǐ thus因此 yīncǐ
因 yīn cause因 yīn
因素 yīnsù element因素 yīnsù
基因 jīyīn gene (loanword)基因 jīyīn
因而 yīnér therefore因而 yīnér
因子 yīn zǐ factor因子 yīn zǐ
死因 sǐ yīn cause of death死因 sǐ yīn
可卡因 kě kǎ yīn cocaine (loanword)可卡因 kě kǎ yīn
海洛因 hǎi luò yīn heroin (loanword)海洛因 hǎi luò yīn
因果 yīn guǒ karma因果 yīn guǒ
病因 bìng yīn pathogen病因 bìng yīn
爱因斯坦 Aì yīn sī tǎn Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist愛因斯坦
转基因 zhuǎn jī yīn genetic modification轉基因
咖啡因 kā fēi yīn caffeine (loanword)咖啡因 kā fēi yīn
因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí
起因 qǐ yīn cause起因 qǐ yīn
因特网 Yīn tè wǎng Internet因特網
基因组 jī yīn zǔ genome基因組
成因 chéng yīn cause成因 chéng yīn
诱因 yòu yīn cause誘因
缅因州 Miǎn yīn zhōu Maine, US state緬因州
因故 yīn gù for some reason因故 yīn gù

因 yīn Decomposition & Compounds

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因 yīn Decomposition

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因 yīn Compounds

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  • 因 yīn
    • 恩 ēn
    • 烟 yān , 姻 yīn , 咽 yān , 茵 yīn , 胭 yān , 铟 yīn , 氤 yīn , 洇 yīn , 珚 yān , 筃 yīn , 絪, 裀 yīn , 鞇 yīn , 骃 yīn , 栶, 欭, 秵, 銦, 駰
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