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CHINESE WORD

yuán yīn

原因

why

HSK 2
Numbered pinyin
yuan2 yin1
English meanings
origin, causation, reason, wherefore, causal, breeder, spore, cause, causal agent, whence, causal agency, occasion, root, subject, causality, why, starter

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    tā他chídào迟到de的yuányīn原因shì是shénme什么？

    What's the reason for his lateness?

  2. 02

    zhǎodào找到yuányīn原因。

    Find the cause.

  3. 03

    shuōmíng说明yuányīn原因。

    Explain the reason.

  4. 04

    shībài失败yǒu有yuányīn原因。

    Failure has a cause.

  5. 05

    bié别wèn问yuányīn原因le了。

    Don't ask why.

  6. 06

    zhè这jiùshì就是yuányīn原因。

    This is the reason.

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