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)

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• 基因修改 genetic modification
• 因祸得福(因禍得福) to profit from a disaster; some good comes out of a setback
• 基因工程师(基因工程師) a genetic engineer
• 因人而异(因人而異) varying from person to person; different for each individual
• 事因 a cause; a reason
• 因式 factor; divisor
• 因事制宜 according to the situation, establish appropriate regulations
• 迷因 meme
• 归因(歸因) to attribute; to ascribe
• 等因奉此 officialese; official routine
• 因父之名 in the Name of the Father
• 空穴来风未必无因(空穴來風未必無因) wind does not come from an empty cave without reason; there's no smoke without fire
• 因变量(因變量) dependent variable
• 天假因缘(天假因緣) the destiny granted by Heaven
• 基因工程 genetic engineering
• 基因学(基因學) genetics
• 正因 the real cause
• 因纽特(因紐特) Inuit
• 因循 to continue former habits ; to discuss in a conceited way ; at ease; idle ; to delay; to waste time
• 脱咖啡因(脫咖啡因) decaffeinated; decaf
• 基因扩大(基因擴大) gene amplification
• 充填因数(充填因數) complementary factor
• 因数(因數) divisor
• 基因改造 genetic modification (GM)
• 细胞因子(細胞因子) cytokine
• 远因(遠因) indirect cause; remote cause
• 海洛因 heroin
• 病因学(病因學) pathological science (TCM)
• 前因 antecedent
• 基因突变(基因突變) genetic mutation
• 本因坊 Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan
• 只因 in as much as
• 因人成事 to get things done relying on others; with a little help from his friends
• 因次 an attribute of a physical quanitity; a dimension
• 因噎废食(因噎廢食) not eating for fear of choking; to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
• 基因座 (genetics) locus
• 因果 cause and effect ; reason
• 因小失大 to save a little only to lose a lot
• 动因(動因) motivation; moving force; underlying force; agent
• 因纽特人(因紐特人) Inuit
• 基因 gene
• 基因组(基因組) genome
• 因时制宜(因時制宜) to use methods suitable to the current situation
• 因城 to lay siege to a city
• 侯赛因(侯賽因) Husain or Hussein (name) / Hussein (c. 626-680), Muslim leader whose martyrdom is commemorated at Ashura
• 脱因(脫因) decafinated

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