Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
yuányīn
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English translations
reason,
cause, root cause, origin, wherefore
Chinese characters:
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原因 ( yuanyin / yuányīn ) is composed of these characters:
原 (yuan)
,
因 (yin)
The traditional Chinese characters of yuányīn are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
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original | because
原因 ( yuanyin / yuányīn ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 623)
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