| 因 | 633A50 41.41-1 | 部居  | 畫數 6 | ㄧㄣ [yin1] | ||
| N. | Cause, 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? | |||||
| V.i. & t. | To 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. | |||||
| Words | 1. 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. | |||||