繇

yóu
  1. cause
  2. means

CEDICT

  1. (literary) alternative form of 由 (yóu)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 猷 (yóu, “method; means”)
  3. alternative form of 猷 (yóu, “method; means”)
  4. alternative form of 由 (yóu)

Wiktionary

Homographs

繇 yáo
  1. folk-song
  2. forced labor
繇 zhòu interpretations of the trigrams
繇 yōu

Containing this entry

张僧繇 Zhāng Sēngyóu Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
钟繇 Zhōng Yáo Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 Cáo Wèi and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷书 kǎishū
相繇 Xiāngyáo
自繇 zìyóu

Related entries

来头 láitóu
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. interest
  4. influence
原因 yuányīn
  1. cause
  2. origin
  3. root cause
  4. reason

classifier: 個

原因呢？

And what was the reason?

Source: Tatoeba

因 yīn
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. because
我講因特語。

I speak Interlingua.

Source: Tatoeba

成因 chéngyīn
  1. cause
  2. factor
  3. cause of formation
有關癌症成因的研究耗費頗巨。

Research on the causes of cancer is very expensive.

Source: Tatoeba

缘 yuán
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. karma
  4. fate
  5. predestined affinity
  6. margin
  7. hem
  8. edge
  9. along
肇因 zhàoyīn
  1. cause
  2. origin
诱因 yòuyīn
  1. cause
  2. triggering factor
  3. incentive
  4. inducement
起因 qǐyīn
  1. cause
  2. a factor (leading to an effect)
因由 yīnyóu
  1. reason
  2. cause
  3. predestined relationship (Buddhism)
缘故 yuángù
  1. reason
  2. cause
因為我這份工作的緣故，我總是要打領帶。

I always have to wear a tie because of my job.

Source: Tatoeba

缘由 yuányóu
  1. reason
  2. cause
故典 gùdiǎn
  1. old classics
  2. old customs
  3. cause
事业 shìyè
  1. undertaking
  2. project
  3. activity
  4. (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause
  5. publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation
  6. career
  7. occupation

classifier: 個

事业会很快重振。

Business will recover soon.

Source: Tatoeba

故 gù
  1. happening
  2. instance
  3. reason
  4. cause
  5. intentional
  6. former
  7. old
  8. friend
  9. therefore
  10. hence
  11. (of people) to die, dead
警察到达了事故现场。

The police got to the scene of the accident.

Source: Tatoeba

事由 shìyóu
  1. main content
  2. matter
  3. work
  4. origin of an incident
  5. cause
  6. purpose
  7. subject (of business letter)
原 yuán
  1. former
  2. original
  3. primary
  4. raw
  5. level
  6. cause
  7. source
我的原珠筆沒墨了。

My ballpoint pen just ran out of ink.

Source: Tatoeba

根底 gēndǐ
  1. foundation
  2. grounding
  3. background
  4. what lies at the bottom of sth
  5. root
  6. cause
意即 yìjí
  1. which means
  2. (this) means (that)
法儿 fǎr
  1. way
  2. method
  3. means
  4. Taiwan pr. fār
渠道 qúdào
  1. irrigation ditch
  2. (fig.) channel
  3. means
网络是一个相通的渠道，而不是物质或具体的活动。

It’s a communication medium, not a substance or specific activity.

Source: Tatoeba

工具 gōngjù
  1. tool
  2. instrument
  3. utensil
  4. means (to achieve a goal etc)
我需要工具来给花园除草。

I need a tool for pulling weeds in my garden.

Source: Tatoeba

管道 guǎndào
  1. tubing
  2. pipeline
  3. (fig.) channel
  4. means
径迹 jìngjì
  1. track
  2. trajectory
  3. path
  4. way
  5. means
  6. diameter
  7. directly