前因

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	cause; reason; because
trad. (前因)		前	因
simp. ^#(前因)		前	因

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiányīn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ jan¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhièn-yîn

(Hailu, HRS): cien rhin^ˋ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chêng-in

(Teochew, Peng'im): zoin⁵ ing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiányīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciányin
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-yin¹
  - Yale: chyán-yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanin
  - Palladius: цяньинь (cjanʹinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ jan¹
  - Yale: chìhn yān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ jan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ yen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ jɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-yîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: qien^ˇ in^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qian² yin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ in²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-yîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: qien^ˇ (r)in^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qian² yin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ (j)in²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: cien rhin^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰien⁵⁵ ʒin⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-in
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-in
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeng'yn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² in³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ in⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zoin⁵ ing¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsôiⁿ ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iŋ³³/

Noun

前因

(literary) the cause; the reason

Derived terms

前因後果 / 前因后果 (qiányīnhòuguǒ)
後果前因 / 后果前因 (hòuguǒqiányīn)