根由

Chinese

		radical (chem.); root; basis	follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to someone)
simp. and trad. (根由)		根	由
alternative forms		根繇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēnyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄣㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ jau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēnyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄣㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: genyóu
  - Wade–Giles: kên¹-yu²
  - Yale: gēn-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genyou
  - Palladius: гэнью (gɛnʹju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gan¹ jau⁴
  - Yale: gān yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/

Noun

根由

cause; origin

Synonyms

來由 / 来由 (láiyóu)
原因 (yuányīn)
因由 (yīnyóu)
因端 (Hokkien)
因致端 (Hokkien)
基因 (jīyīn) (dated)
張本 / 张本 (zhāngběn) (literary)
成因 (chéngyīn)
所以然 (suǒyǐrán)
理由 (lǐyóu)
緣故 / 缘故 (yuángù)
緣由 / 缘由 (yuányóu)
緣起 / 缘起 (yuánqǐ)
肇因 (zhàoyīn)
苗頭 / 苗头 (Suzhounese)
言因 (Anxi Hokkien)
說道 / 说道 (shuōdao) (colloquial)
起因 (qǐyīn)
道理 (dàolǐ)
關係 / 关系

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (根由):

→ Vietnamese: căn do (根由)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
根	由

Noun

根由

chữ Hán form of căn do (“cause; origin; reason”)