Kilo Lingo

因

yīn

Traditional: 因

#5012 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

cause, reason; because (in 因为, 原因)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 因

因

Examples

雨yǔ，园yuán。

Because it was raining, we didn't go to the park.

？

Do you know the reason?

病bìng，班bān。

He was ill, therefore he didn't come to work.

病bìng假jiǎ。

He took leave because of illness.

。

Travelling on business for three days.

因 (yīn) means cause or reason. It almost never stands alone but is essential to causal vocabulary like 因为 (because), 原因 (reason, cause), and 因此 (therefore).

Related words

是因为

it is because, it is due to

因此

therefore, thus

因为

because, since

原因

reason, cause, motive

Appears in 5 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 因.

因为yīn wèibecause, since原因yuán yīnreason, cause, motive是因为shì yīn wèiit is because, it is due to因为yīn wéibecause, due to因此yīn cǐtherefore, thus

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This word is part of lesson 101.