原因 (yuányīn) means Reason (root cause - origin). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请说明迟到的 原因 。
Qǐng shuōmíng chídào de yuányīn.
Please explain the reason for being late.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 原因
这就是失败的 原因 。
Zhè jiù shì shībài de yuányīn.
This is exactly why it failed.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 原因
这才是真正的 原因 。
Zhè cái shì zhēnzhèng de yuányīn.
This is the real reason.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 真正
Questions about 原因
How is 原因 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 原因 (yuányīn, "Reason (root cause - origin)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 原因 an HSK word?
Yes — 原因 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 原因?
The dictionary page for 原因 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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