Read Edit View history 外因 wàiyīn external cause Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 外因 wàiyīn external cause An external factor or cause influencing the development or change of a thing; often contrasted with 内因 nèiyīn external pathogenic factor In Chinese medicine, a disease or ailment caused by external environmental factors such as wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, or fire Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.04 per million Cross-References Antonym 内因 nèiyīn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
外因 wàiyīn external cause An external factor or cause influencing the development or change of a thing; often contrasted with 内因 nèiyīn external pathogenic factor In Chinese medicine, a disease or ailment caused by external environmental factors such as wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, or fire Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.04 per million Cross-References Antonym 内因 nèiyīn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)