chéng​yīn

cause

  • created sense approved 成因 · chéng​yīn · cause — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    成因

    chéng​yīn

    cause

    the reason or factor behind how something formed or came to be

    成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · to become 因 (literal) → 因 · yīn · reason

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense