VocabularyHSK 3 · core

原因

yuányīn

reason, cause

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

什么原因?
What reason?
主要原因。
Main reason.

Collocations

主要原因什么原因原因是

Mnemonic

原因 yuányīn "reason, cause" — 原 (root/origin) + 因 (cause). Cognate of Korean wonin / Japanese 原因 gen'in. Antonym: 结果 jiéguǒ (result). 因 active in 因为 / 所以 (because/so) pair.

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"Because~, so~" pattern?