Reason in Chinese
reason · HSK 4
原因
- 原 original
- 因 because
Counted with 个: 一个原因
你知道他迟到的原因吗？ Do you know why he was late?
Other ways to say reason
More words with 原 or 因
How do you say reason in Chinese?
Reason in Chinese is 原因 (yuán yīn). You can also say 道理 (dào li), 理由 (lǐ yóu), 理 (lǐ), 理性 (lǐ xìng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.