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由來, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
由來 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
由來 you have here. The definition of the word
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Chinese
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follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to someone) |
to come
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| trad. (由來)
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由
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來
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| simp. (由来)
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由
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来
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| alternative forms
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繇來／繇来
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| anagram
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來由／来由
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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由
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來
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yóu
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lái
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ yuw ›
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‹ loj ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*l/
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/*mə.rˁək/ (> *rˁə)
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| English
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follow; from
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come
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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由
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來
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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15526
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7598
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Phonetic
component
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由
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來
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Rime
group
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幽
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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猷
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Old
Chinese
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/*lɯw/
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/*m·rɯːɡ/
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Noun
由來
- origin; source
- time since the beginning of the something (till now)
Synonyms
- 來源／来源 (láiyuán)
- 出處／出处 (chūchù)
- 基本 (jīběn)
- 大本 (dàběn) (literary)
- 本源 (běnyuán)
- 根 (gēn)
- 根本 (gēnběn)
- 根源 (gēnyuán)
- 根頭／根头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 泉源 (quányuán)
- 淵源／渊源 (yuānyuán)
- 源 (yuán) (literary, or in compounds)
- 源泉 (yuánquán) (figurative)
- 源頭／源头 (yuántóu) (figurative)
- 濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
- 起源 (qǐyuán)