起因

qǐyīn
  1. cause
  2. a factor (leading to an effect)

CEDICT

cause; origin

Wiktionary

事情發生的原因。如：「電線走火可能是這次火災的起因。」也作「起由」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 事情发生的原因。
  2. 发起善愿。

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group
=2 因 yīn old variant of 因 yīn
=2 因 yīn
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. because

Related entries

來頭 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

緣 yuán
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. karma
  4. fate
  5. predestined affinity
  6. margin
  7. hem
  8. edge
  9. along
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