因 yīn

1. yīn preposition because
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 因为 (CCD '因' 1; GHC '因' 11-2; Unihan '因'; XHZD '因' 2, p. 894)
2. yīn noun cause; reason
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 缘故 or 理由 (GHC '因' 9; Kroll 2015 '因' 3a, p. 553; Unihan '因'; XHZD '因' 1, p. 894)
3. yīn verb to accord with
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 根据 or 按照, for example, in the idiom 因地制宜 'to accord with local customs using appropriate measures' (CCI '因地制宜'; CCD '因' 2; GHC '因' 2; XHZD '因' 5, p. 894)
4. yīn verb to follow
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 顺着 (CCD '因' 1; GHC '因' 4; Kroll 2015 '因' 1, p. 553; XHZD '因' 4, p. 894)
5. yīn verb to rely on
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 依靠 (Kroll 2015 '因' 1a, p. 553; GHC '因' 1)
6. yīn verb via; through
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 通过 (Kroll 2015 '因' 2a, p. 553; GHC '因' 3)
7. yīn verb to continue
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 继 (GHC '因' 5)
8. yīn verb to receive
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 受 (GHC '因' 6)
9. yīn verb to continue the same pattern; to imitate an existing model; to adapt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 受因袭 (Kroll 2015 '因' 1b, p. 553; GHC '因' 7)
10. yīn verb to seize an opportunity
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 趁机 (GHC '因' 9; Kroll 2015 '因' 2b, p. 553)
11. yīn verb to be like
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 犹 or 如同 (GHC '因' 10)
12. yīn preposition from; because of
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 从 or 由 (GHC '因' 11-1)
13. yīn conjunction thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 于是 or 就 (GHC '因' 12; Kroll 2015 '因' 2, p. 553; XHZD '因' 3, p. 894)
14. yīn noun a standrd; a criterion
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '因' 3, p. 553)

Contained in

• 因果 cause and effect ; reason
• 因果律 causality
• 基因 gene
• 死因不明 unknown cause of death
• 因特网联通(因特網聯通) Internet connection
• 迷因 meme
• 因此 for that reason; therefore; for this reason
• 因式分解 factorization
• 基因库(基因庫) gene bank
• 因时制宜(因時制宜) to use methods suitable to the current situation
• 理化因素 physical and chemical factors
• 归因(歸因) to attribute; to ascribe
• 海洛因 heroin
• 倒果为因(倒果為因) to reverse cause and effect; to put the horse before the cart
• 最大公因子 highest common factor HCF; greatest common divisor GCD
• 因纽特人(因紐特人) Inuit
• 公因子 common factor; common divisor
• 因陋就简(因陋就簡) crude but simple method; to not strive for perfection
• 本因坊 Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan
• 陈陈相因(陳陳相因) to follow a set routine
• 因袭(因襲) to follow old patterns; to imitate existing models; to continue along the same lines
• 因缘(因緣) chance ; destiny ; according to this
• 因故 for some reason
• 模因 meme
• 动因(動因) motivation; moving force; underlying force; agent
• 因数(因數) divisor
• 基因座 (genetics) locus
• 基因技术(基因技術) gene technology
• 公因式 common factor; common divisor (of a math. expression)
• 爱因斯坦(愛因斯坦) Einstein
• 脱因(脫因) decafinated
• 因小失大 to save a little only to lose a lot
• 病因学(病因學) pathological science (TCM)
• 因之 for this reason
• 因势利导(因勢利導) to take advantage of the new situation; to make the best of new opportunities
• 康拜因 combine ; harvester
• 环境因素(環境因素) environmental factor
• 正因 the real cause
• 因果关系(因果關係) causality; causation
• 因特网提供商(因特網提供商) Internet service provider (ISP)

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克莱因 、 相违因 、 十二因缘起 、 因特网信息服务器 、 十因 、 得梅因 、 室利因他拉蒂 、 宿因 、 卢因 、 過去現在因果墵 、 十二因生

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