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A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
NCause, reason: 因由，因緣 [yin1you2], [yin1yUan2]↓;
因果 [yin1guo3]↓;
主因 main cause;
要因 important cause or reason;
前因 (a) reason to be found in previous incarnation;
(b) antecedent;
遠因 distant cause;
近因 immediate cause;
種因 to saw the seeds of (future trouble, war, etc.);
有因 there's a reason;
無因 for no reason at all;
何因 why? what cause?
VTo carry on: 因仍，因襲 [yin1reng2], [yin1xi2]2↓.
Prep(1)  On the basis of, by the support of: 因人成事 do s.t. by the help of s.o.;
因陋就 to economize because of lack of funds.
(2)  According to, in accord with: 因病下藥 apply medicine according to indications;
因時制宜 do what is appropriate according to the circumstances;
因勢利導 guide or channel action according to circumstances;
因材施教 teach a person according to what he is good for.
(3)  (Prep. & conj.) for, on account of, because of: 因為 [yin1wei4]↓;
因此 [yin1ci3]↓;
因而 (because of s.t.) therefore;
因禍得福 luck grows out of adversity;
因小失大 lose the main goal because of small gains;
因噎廢食 stop eating altogether on account of a hiccup-unjustified giving up of a good cause.
Words1.因革 [yin1ge2], n., historical development (＝沿革). 
2.因故 [yin1gu4], phr., for this reason. 
3.因公 [yin1gong1], phr., on account of official duty. 
4.因果 [yin1guo3], n., (Budd.) retribution, chain of cause and effect: 前因後果 antecedents and consequences; 因果報應 retribution for sin; 因果律 principle of efficient casuality. 
5.因何 [yin1he2], phr., for what reason? 
6.因著 [yin1zhe1], phr., because of, on account of. 
7.因之 [yin1zhi1], phr., (LL) because of that. 
8.因明 [yin1ming2], n., (Hindu) the science of logic. 
9.因仍 [yin1reng2], v.i. & t., to persist without change: 因仍舊慣 follow old routine. 
10.因習 [yin1xi2]1, v.i. & t., ditto. 
11.因襲 [yin1xi2]2, v.i. & t., ditto. 
12.因數 [yin1shu4], n., (math.) factor. 
13.因是 [yin1shi4], phr., because of this. 
14.因循 [yin1xUn2], v.i., to follow old routine. 
15.因此 [yin1ci3], phr., because of this (=therefore). 
16.因子 [yin1zi3], n., cause; factor; 因子分析 factorization (math.). 
17.因為 [yin1wei4] ([yin1wei0]), conj., because. 
18.因應 [yin1ying4], v.i., (AC) to adjust, react: 因應變化 change according to changing circumstances. 
19.因由（兒） [yin1you2]([er0]) ([yin1you0]), n., reason, cause. 
20.因緣 [yin1yUan2], n., (1)  a chance, opportunity (cf. 姻 緣 93A.41); (2)  (Budd.) the chain of cause and effect; 因緣生法 the law of mutual causation of all actions.