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原由
yuán​yóu

reason

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
原由 yuán​yóu
reason
the cause or origin of something; the circumstances leading up to an event

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.150 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.983 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 起因 qǐ​yīn

Has variant

  • 缘由 yuán​yóu

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)