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起因
qǐ​yīn

cause

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
起因 qǐ​yīn
cause
cause; origin; the reason for something to happen

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.94 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
3.33 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 起由 qǐ​yóu

Synonym

  • 原因 yuán​yīn
  • 原由 yuán​yóu
  • 肇因 zhào​yīn
  • 前因 qián​yīn

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)