原因

yuán yīn

HSK level: HSK 4

Meaning

cause; origin; root cause; reason

Measure word: 个

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Characters

原yuánsource, origin, beginning厂泉因yīncause, reason; by; because囗大

Examples

我明白原因。

wǒ míng bai yuán yīn。

I understand why.

是什么原因？

shì shén me yuán yīn？

What's causing it?

你不想知道原因吗？

nǐ bù xiǎng zhī dào yuán yīn ma？

Don't you want to know the reason?