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

• 因城 to lay siege to a city
• 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
• 因公 in the course of doing one's work; on business
• 因孕而婚 shotgun wedding
• 咖啡因 caffeine
• 天假因缘(天假因緣) the destiny granted by Heaven
• 远因(遠因) indirect cause; remote cause
• 基因型 genotype
• 萨达姆·侯赛因(薩達姆·侯賽因) Saddam Hussein
• 基因库(基因庫) gene bank
• 转基因食品(轉基因食品) genetically modified (GM) food
• 诱因(誘因) cause; triggering factor; incentive; inducement
• 公因式 common factor; common divisor (of a math. expression)
• 主因 main reason
• 王因 Wangyin
• 归因(歸因) to attribute; to ascribe
• 原因 cause; origin; root cause; reason
• 因人成事 to get things done relying on others; with a little help from his friends
• 隐性基因(隱性基因) recessive gene
• 等因奉此 officialese; official routine
• 基因工程 genetic engineering
• 因式分解 factorization
• 因纽特(因紐特) Inuit
• 侯赛因(侯賽因) Husain or Hussein (name) / Hussein (c. 626-680), Muslim leader whose martyrdom is commemorated at Ashura
• 基因治疗(基因治療) gene therapy
• 迷因 meme
• 因而 therefore; as a result; thus ; willful; careless
• 因变量(因變量) dependent variable
• 基因修改 genetic modification
• 本因坊 Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan
• 因如此 because of this
• 死因不明 unknown cause of death
• 利多卡因 lidocaine
• 兰因絮果(蘭因絮果) starts well but ends in separation (of marital relations)
• 正因 the real cause
• 因果 cause and effect ; reason
• 起因 cause; a factor (leading to an effect)
• 因特网提供商(因特網提供商) Internet service provider (ISP)
• 死因 cause of death
• 因故 for some reason
• 因缘(因緣) chance ; destiny ; according to this
• 人类基因组计划(人類基因組計劃) Human Genome Project
• 基因图谱(基因圖譜) mapping of genome
• 转基因(轉基因) genetic modification
• 基因染色体异常(基因染色體異常) genetic chromosome abnormality

Also contained in

因特网 、 室利因他拉蒂 、 斯坦因 、 埃因霍温 、 卡尔文克莱因 、 缅因

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