肇因

zhàoyīn
  1. cause
  2. origin

CEDICT

cause; culprit

Wiktionary

引起事故的原因。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 肇 zhào
  1. at first
  2. devise
  3. originate
=1 肇 zhào
  1. the start
  2. the origin
=2 因 yīn old variant of 因 yīn
=2 因 yīn
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. because

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
繇 yóu
  1. cause
  2. means
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
本源 běnyuán
  1. origin
  2. source
根源 gēnyuán
  1. origin
  2. root (cause)
问题的根源是，在当今世界，愚人充满了自信，而智者充满了怀疑。

The fundamental cause of the problem is that in the modern world, idiots are full of confidence, while the intelligent are full of doubt.

Source: Tatoeba

渊源 yuānyuán
  1. origin
  2. source
  3. relationship
由来 yóulái origin
起源 qǐyuán
  1. origin
  2. to originate
  3. to come from
佛教起源於印度。

Buddhism had its beginnings in India.

Source: Tatoeba

来源 láiyuán
  1. source (of information etc)
  2. origin
這個詞來源于希臘語。

This word is derived from Greek.

This word comes from Greek.

Source: Tatoeba

来路 láilù
  1. incoming road
  2. origin
  3. past history
出处 chūchù
  1. source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion)
  2. origin
  3. where sth comes from
来历 láilì
  1. history
  2. antecedents
  3. origin
原点 yuándiǎn
  1. starting point
  2. square one
  3. (coordinate geometry) origin
母 mǔ
  1. mother
  2. elderly female relative
  3. origin
  4. source
  5. (of animals) female
我打算随母姓。

I'm planning to take my mother's maiden name.

Source: Tatoeba

源 yuán
  1. root
  2. source
  3. origin
阿非利康族是源在南非形成的民族。

Afrikaners are the people originated in South Africa.

Source: Tatoeba

端 duān
  1. old variant of 端 duān
  2. start
  3. origin
湯姆給我們端了茶。

Tom served us tea.

Source: Tatoeba

发轫 fārèn
  1. to set (sth) afoot
  2. to initiate
  3. beginning
  4. origin
  5. commencement
胎 tāi
  1. fetus
  2. classifier for litters (of puppies etc)
  3. padding (in clothing or bedding)
  4. womb carrying a fetus
  5. (fig.) origin
  6. source
  7. (loanword) tire