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yīn = y + (e)n1
old variant of 因[yin1]
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yīn = y + (e)n1
cause / reason / because
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How to pronounce 因

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ (e)n1 final

In front of the encampment.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

因 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
wéi = w + ei2
enclosure
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dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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Characters with 因 as component

yān = y + an1
cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根[gen1] / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
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yān = y + an1
narrow pass / throat / pharynx
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yàn = y + an4
variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]
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Words with 因

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karma / cause and effect
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist
caffeine (loanword)

Sentences with 因

zhǐ
yīn
shǒu
zhōng
quē
shǎo
chèn
shǒu
de
bīng

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yīn

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