因住

Chinese

		cause; reason; because	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop
simp. and trad. (因住)		因	住

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ zyu⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ zyu⁶
    • Yale: yān jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ t͡syː²²/

Verb

因住

1. (Cantonese) to take care; to look out; to beware of

   今日咁凍，你唔著返件褸，因住攝親。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   今日咁冻，你唔着返件褛，因住摄亲。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gam¹ jat⁶ gam³ dung³, nei⁵ m⁴ zoek³ faan¹ gin⁶ lau¹, jan¹ zyu⁶ sip³ can¹. [Jyutping]

   It's so cold today, if you don't put on a jacket, you might catch a cold (lit. beware of catching a cold).

2. (Cantonese) to estimate accordingly

   因住啲錢嚟使 [Cantonese, trad.]
   因住啲钱嚟使 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jan¹ zyu⁶ di¹ cin⁴ lai⁴ sai² [Jyutping]

   to use the money accordingly